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John Braithwaite was born in London, England back in 1797. He was educated at Mr. Lord’s School in Surrey. He worked at his father’s business becoming a skilled draughtsman. His father died in 1818, leaving his business to John. He added to the business by making high-pressure steam-engines. By 1...
03/31/2019
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William Dickson was born in Plum, Pennsylvania back in 1858 to David and Margaret. Don’t know how he did it but he began teaching school at 16, then worked briefly as a coal miner. He moved to Chicago where he worked as a teacher, lumberjack, secretary and salesman. There was no moss growing unde...
03/30/2019
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Edward Thomas Both was born in Caltowie, South Australia back in 1908 to James and Lucy. He graduated from Jamestown High School and started studying at the University of Adelaide. He caught the attention of Kerr Grant who hired him to be his assistant when he was 16. In 1932, he invented some...
03/29/2019
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Mary Moss was born in Somercotes, Derbyshire, England back in 1791. When she was 16 she met Samuel who soon proposed to her but she refused. That didn’t stop Samuel and he pursued her until she had a change of heart and the couple married. That marriage produced two boys and three girls. When the...
03/28/2019
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Hubert Cecil Booth was born in Gloucester, England back in 1871. Educated at Gloucester College. He went on to continue his education at Central Technical College in London in 1889. He completed the three-year course in civil engineering graduating in 1892. After graduation, he worked for Maudsla...
03/27/2019
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Bessie Blount Griffin was born in Hickory, Virginia back in 1914. She attended Diggs Chapel Elementary School. After graduation, she attended Community Kennedy Memorial Hospital’s nursing program in Newark, New Jersey where she obtained her Nursing Degree. She continued her education at Panzer Co...
03/26/2019
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Adrienne Bolland was born in Arcueil, France back in 1895. While I don’t have any information about her parents or early childhood from what I read she developed an independent and assertive streak in her childhood. In her family, she was known as “the little terror.” Later on, in life she descri...
03/25/2019
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James Blyth was born in Marykirk, Kincardineshire back in 1839 to John and Catherine. After graduating from a local parish school, he attended Montrose Academy, then to the University of Edinburgh where he received his Bachelor of Arts in 1861. After graduation, he taught mathematics at Morrison’...
03/24/2019
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John Sidney Blyth was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania back in 1882 to Maurice and Georgie. The family was constantly on the move, he attended no less than four schools. That didn’t help as he was expelled in 1891 when he was sent to the Seton Hall Preparatory School in New Jersey. From what I’...
03/23/2019
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Nora Stanton Blatch was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England back in 1883 to William and Harriot. The family moved to the United States in 1902, where Nora attended Cornell University graduating in 1905 with a degree in civil engineering. After graduation, she worked for the New York City Boar...
03/22/2019
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