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George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream. After a decade of experiments in photography, he patented and sold a roll film camera, making amateur photography accessible to the general public for the ...
IEEE Edison Medal (1911) Signature. George Westinghouse Jr. (October 6, 1846 – March 12, 1914) was an American entrepreneur and engineer based in Pennsylvania who created the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry, receiving his first patent at the age of 19. Westinghouse saw the potential of using alternating current ...
Hormel married four times. He married his first wife, movie actress Leslie Caron, on September 23, 1951. The couple divorced on April 26, 1955. His second marriage was to Kim Wadsworth on March 23, 1957. The couple had two children, and the marriage ended in divorce in 1961. In 1968, Hormel married Nancy B. Friedman, with whom he had one child ...
Daughter of militia captain (William) Gilbert Hyde-Lees (1865–1909), of the Manchester Regiment, [3] and Edith Ellen (1868–1942) known as "Nelly", daughter of barrister and manufacturer Montagu Woodmass, JP, [4] [5] Georgie was born in Fleet, Hampshire on 16 October 1892. Her father was regarded by her mother's family as "a most undesirable ...
Sodder children disappearance. On Christmas Eve, December 24, 1945, a fire destroyed the Sodder residence in Fayetteville, West Virginia, United States. At the time, it was occupied by George Sodder, his wife Jennie, and nine of their ten children. During the fire, George, Jennie, and four of the nine children escaped.
Nov 5, 2004 · MORFOGEN--Christine (nee Christakos), 91, of Fort Lee, formerly of New York, Teaneck and Glen Rock, passed away on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 at her daughter's home in Glen Rock. Beloved wife of ...
George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American social critic, stand-up comedian, actor, and author. Regarded as one of the most important and influential stand-up comedians of all time, he was dubbed "the dean of counterculture comedians". He was known for his dark comedy and reflections on politics, the English ...
