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Earnest Orlando Lawrence was born in Canton, South Carolina back in 1901 to Carl and Gunda. He attended schools at Canton and Pierre, after graduation he enrolled at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. He received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1922. He then enrolled at the Un...
04/30/2021
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Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier was born in Saint-Lô, France back in 1811 to Louis-Baptiste and Marie-Jeanne. He studied at École Polytechnique in chemistry. He switched to astronomy, particularly celestial mechanics. After graduation he accepted a job at the Paris Observatory. Spending most of...
04/29/2021
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Norma Deloris Egstrom was born in Jamestown, North Dakota back in 1920 to Marvin and Selma. Her mother died when she was four and her father remarried. She graduated from Wimbledon High School in 1937. While in high school she was the female singer for a six-piece college dance band.She sang p...
04/28/2021
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John Bernard Lee was born in either County Cork or Brentford, London back in 1908 to Edmund and Nellie. When he was six his father had him on the stage in a sketch called “The Double Event” at the Oxford Music Hall. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, while working as a fruit porter ...
04/27/2021
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Gustaf de Laval was born in Orsa, Sweden back in 1845. He enrolled at the Institute of Technology in Stockholm receiving a degree in mechanical engineering in 1866. He continued his education at Uppsala University in 1867, receiving his doctorate in 1872. In 1886, he was a member of the Royal ...
04/26/2021
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Dorothy McCullough was born in Oakland, California back in 1901 to Frank and Flora. Her formal education was limited until she entered Rogers High School in Newport, Rhode Island graduating when she was 16. She continued her education earning a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley ...
04/25/2021
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François Lecoq de Boisbaudran was born in Cognac, France back in 1838 to Paul and Anne Louise. His mother being well educated taught him history and foreign languages, including English. He attended École Polytechnique where he studied the books assigned in its courses. He was a self-taught sc...
04/24/2021
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Francis Laux Jr. was born in Guthrie, Oklahoma back in 1897. He was heavily involved in sports. He won 16 letters in baseball, basketball and football in Oklahoma City and the Bristow schools before entering Oklahoma City College. during World War I he served in the United States Army Air Servi...
04/23/2021
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Duy-Loan T. Le was born in Vietnam back in 1962. She fled to the United States without her father in 1975 ending up in Houston, Texas. She graduated from Alief Hasting High School at sixteen as Valedictorian. In 1976, she received recognition as “Citizen of the Month” from the Kiwanis Internati...
04/22/2021
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Paul Christian Lauterbur was born in Sidney, Ohio back in 1929. She graduated from Sidney High School. While a teenager, he built his own laboratory in the basement of his parents’ house. He was drafted into the United States Army in the 1950’s where his superiors allowed him to spend his time ...
04/21/2021
