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Whitcomb L. Judson was born in Chicago, Illinois back in 1843. He enlisted in the Union Army in 1861 at Oneida, Illinois serving in the 42nd Illinois Infantry Regiment. he attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. After graduation, he was a traveling salesman for Pitts Agricultural Works a...
12/31/2020
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Theodore Dehone Judah was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut back in 1826 to Henry and Mary. The family moved to Troy, New York where the attended the Rensselaer Institute. At 21 he married Anna Pierce, it was the first wedding performed at St. James Episcopal Church of Greenfield, Massachusetts.I...
12/30/2020
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Elliott Proctor Joslin was born in Oxford, Massachusetts back in 1869. He was educated at the Leicester Academy, Yale College and Harvard Medical School. After graduation he opened he medical practice in 1908. He carried out extensive metabolic balance studies examining fasting and feeding in ...
12/29/2020
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Amy Mollison was born Amy Johnson in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England back in 1903. She received her education at Boulevard Municipal Secondary School and later at the university of Sheffield where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. After graduation ...
12/28/2020
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William Adams was born in Gillingham, Kent, England back in 1564. His father died when he was twelve so he apprenticed to a shipyard owner. For the next twelve years he learned about shipbuilding, astronomy and navigation before entering the Royal Navy. Serving under Sir Francis Drake he saw a...
12/27/2020
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Florence Merriam Johnson was born in Montclair, New Jersey back in 1876 to Charles and Henrietta. She graduated from Smith College in 1897, she completed training at the New York Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1908. After graduation, she ran the dispensary at Cornett University. She al...
12/26/2020
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Eliza McCardle was born in Telford, Tennessee back in 1810 to John and Sarah. After her father’s death, she moved to Greenville, Tennessee with her mother. She was attending Rhea Academy when she spotted Andrew. The attraction was mutual. They married in 1827, she was 16 and Andrew was 18. S...
12/25/2020
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Rebecca Nicole Johnson was born in Minlaton, South Australia. The family moved to Sydney where she received her primary education at Barrenjoey High School. After high school she received her Bachelor of Science degree with honor from the University of Sydney in 1996. She was awarded her PhD i...
12/24/2020
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Raymond Lewis Johnson was born in Alice, Texas in 1943. He attended school in a small schoolhouse with four different grades in each of its two rooms. He earned a National Merit Scholarship attending the University of Texas at Austin. After completing his undergraduate studies, he went to Rice...
12/23/2020
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Michael Johnson was born in Framingham, Massachusetts back around 1723. He worked as a sailor on a whaler spending much of his time at sea. He also found work among the docks along the Atlantic seaboard.In 1768, British soldiers were sent to Boston to control growing colonial unrest. Instead o...
12/22/2020
