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Jerry Parr was born in Montgomery, Alabama back in 1930.he received his B.A. in English and Philosophy from Vanderbilt in 1962 and in 1987 his M.S. in pastoral counseling from Loyola. In 1939, while watching Code of the Secret Service he knew one day he would join the ranks of that great agency s...
04/30/2018
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Hymen Lipman was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He emigrated to the United States arriving in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania around 1829. That’s about all I can tell you except for or course the rest of the story. Around 1840, he became the leading stationer in the Philadelphia area. In 1843, he opened t...
04/29/2018
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Frederick William was born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England back in 1897. Educated at Charterhouse School in Godalming, Surrey. In WWI, he enlisted in the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars then transferring to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916. In 917 he was shot down spending the rest of the war as ...
04/28/2018
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James William Hunter was born near Innerwick, Scotland back in 1783 to Robert an Isabella. Although the date is uncertain he was in India from 1798 to 1810 when he returned to Scotland following the death of his father. Exactly what he did to earn a living is up for grabs. I do know he was a land...
04/27/2018
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Johnnie Bryan was born in Heber Springs, Arkansas back in 1927. He worked for his uncle in the sawmill business to support his family during the Great Depression. In the 1950’s he worked as a lumber salesman, auctioneer and truck driver. In 1961, he started his own business hauling rice hulls whi...
04/26/2018
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Walter Reginald was born in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia back in 1873. As a young man, he followed his father who gave lectures on the structure and size of the human skull. His father died when he was 12 which forced him to leave school and find work. He and his older brother Ernest found work i...
04/25/2018
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Ivy Williams was born in Newton Abbot in Devon back in 1877. She was privately educated, until she entered college at the Society of Oxford Home Students, where she graduated in 1903 with a BA, MA and BCL. Due to the career, she had set her sights on she was unable to fulfill her dream until 1920...
04/24/2018
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Annie Warburton was born in Brunswick, New Jersey back in 1866. She enrolled in the New York Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1890. After graduation in 1892 she worked at St. Luke’s Hospital, becoming Superintendent of Nursing at New York Hospital in 1907, she was named General Superintende...
04/23/2018
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Gardiner Greene was born in Boston, Massachusetts back in 1822 to Samuel and Mary. He attended Phillips Academy in Andover. He went on to Dartmouth graduating in 1841, then he was off to Harvard studying law. In 1843, he was admitted to the bar. While working for the Benjamin Robbins Curtis law f...
04/22/2018
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Harvey Hubbell was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut back in 1857. He was working for a manufacturing company in 1888, when he quit and opened his own business. He began manufacturing consumer products and by necessity invented equipment for his company to survive. In his lifetime, he held at least...
04/21/2018
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