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2016
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James Brudenell was born in Hambleden, Buckinghamshire, England back in 1797. Educated at Harrow he showed aptitude in Greek and Latin. James was a fine horseman and his wish was to purchase a commission in a fashionable regiment. His father would not allow it and in 1815 he was sent to Christ Ch...
10/30/2016
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Albino Luciani was born in Forno di Canale, Italy back in 1912 to Giovanni and Bortola. At the tender age of ten he listened to a Capuchin friar preaching on the Lenten sermons. It was then he approached his father asking him for permission to become a priest. His father agreed and said to him: “...
10/29/2016
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Lee de Forest was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa back in 1873 to Henry and Anna Margaret. His father was a Congregational Church minister that wanted his son to follow in his footsteps. He attended the Mount Hermon Boys’ School and attended a three-year course of study at Yale University’s Sheffiel...
10/28/2016
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Anna Lane was born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut back in 1908 to Peter and Bertha. She and her sister was raised in the classic New England tradition. The family had a strong family foundation with well-traveled uncles who had many stories to tell her when they came home.She attended college t the...
10/27/2016
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Henry Laurens was born in Charleston, South Carolina back in 1724 to John and Hester. He married Eleanor Ball, the union netted them thirteen children however, most of them died in infancy or childhood.They moved to England with their surviving children for their education. They returned to the U...
10/26/2016
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Benedict Arnold was born in Somerset, England back in 1615 to William and Christian. While no-one knows for sure it is believed he was educated at the Free Grammar School in Limington, England. When he was 19 the family boarded a ship, and sailed to New England arriving in 1635. When the family ...
10/25/2016
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Ellen G. Harmon was born in Gorham, Maine back in 1827 to Robert and Eunice. Her father was a hat maker and most of her youth was spent in the business. When she was nine while with her sister Elizabeth an older classmate shouted some angry words and threw a stone that struck her in the head. Thi...
10/24/2016
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Andreas Vesalius was born in Brussels in the Netherlands back in 1514 to Anders and Isabel. In 1528 he entered into the University of Leuven majoring in Greek, Latin and medicine. He returned to Leuven where he completed his studies graduating the next year. He moved again where he studied at the...
10/23/2016
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Andrea Giacomo was born in Bergamo, Italy back in 1935. The family emigrated to the United States as a refugee because of the Italian racial laws. Once in the US his parents changed his first name to Andrew James.He attended Boston Latin School and went on to MIT in 1952. He received his BS and M...
10/22/2016
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Willis Haviland was born in Angola, New York back in 1876 to Duane and Elizabeth. He studied at Cornell University graduating in 1901 with a BS in engineering. Being an engineer he set about coming up with a solution to a problem submitted by Sackett-Wilhelms Lithographing and Publishing Company ...
10/21/2016
