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Granville T. WoodsinventorBorn: 1856Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio. Woods was born in Columbus, Ohio, and later settled in Cincinnati. Largely self-educated, he was awarded more than 60 patents.…
by T. S. Eliot III The winter evening settles down
With smell of steaks in passageways.
Six o'clock.
The burnt-out ends of smoky days.
And now a gusty shower wraps
The grimy scraps
Of…
Frederick T. Gatesclergyman, businessmanBorn: 7/2/1853Birthplace: Maine, N.Y. After seven years in his own church as a Baptist minister, he helped to reorganize the University of Chicago,…
KIRK Andrew Jackson , a Representative from Kentucky;
born near Warfield, Martin County, Ky., on March 19, 1866;
attended the common schools;
was graduated from the law department of Valparaiso (…
J. T. Walsh
actorBorn: 9/28/1943Birthplace: San Francisco, California
He broke into acting rather late, at age 39, but once in, Walsh quickly established himself in both small and big screen…
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