Arunah Shepherdson Abell

Arunah Shepherdson Abell (August 10, 1806-April 19, 1888) was an American publisher and philanthropist. Born in East Providence, Rhode Island, he became a journeyman printer in the 1820s^{[citation needed]}, and, after mastering the trade, moved to Baltimore to found the Philadelphia Public Ledger in 1836, and the Baltimore Sun in 1837. He remained owner of the paper the rest of his life, and his heirs retained control of it until 1910. He was a trend-setter in several areas, establishing the daily pony express from New Orleans in 1847, being the first to use telgraphy to transmit news, and being the first to buy a Hoe sylinder press.

Abell is memorialised in the name of Baltimore's Abell building^{[citation needed]} and one of the Liberty ships was named after him.^{[citation needed]}