Germantown, PA

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Germantown, PA

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BIRTHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Louisa May Alcott Author 29-Nov-1832 6-Mar-1888 Little Women

Jim Cramer TV Personality 10-Feb-1955 Mad Money

Henry van Dyke Author 10-Nov-1852 10-Apr-1933 The Unknown Quantity

Thomas S. Gates Government 10-Apr-1906 25-Mar-1983 US Secretary of Defense, 1959-61

Henry Gibson Actor 21-Sep-1935 14-Sep-2009 Laugh-In

Ross Granville Harrison Zoologist 13-Jan-1870 30-Sep-1959 Embryology and tissue culture techniques

E. Newton Harvey Zoologist 25-Nov-1887 21-Jul-1959 Light-emitting organisms

J. Howard Marshall II Business 24-Jan-1905 4-Aug-1995 Oilman, married Anna Nicole Smith

Theodore W. Richards Chemist 31-Jan-1868 2-Apr-1928 Atomic weights

David Rittenhouse Astronomer 8-Apr-1732 26-Jun-1796 Early Pennsylvania scientist and statesman

Francis Schaeffer Religion 30-Jan-1912 15-May-1984 Founder, L'Abri Community

DEATHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Anna T. Jeanes Philanthropist 7-Apr-1822 24-Sep-1907 Negro Rural School Fund

Florence Kelley Activist 12-Sep-1859 17-Feb-1932 Founder of National Consumers League

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