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Vincent DeDomenico Biography

food inventorDied: Oct. 18, 2007 (Napa, California) Best Known as: inventor of Rice-A-Roni Inventor of Rice-A-Roni, one of the classic kitchen helpers of…

Mother Ann Lee

Name at birth: Ann LeesMother Ann Lee was the charismatic founder of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, commonly known as the Shakers. After a difficult early life, she…

George Cadbury Biography

George Cadburymanufacturer, social reformerBorn: 9/19/1839Birthplace: Birmingham, England With his brother Richard, he took over his father's failing chocolate business and built it into the…

Gabriel Prosser Biography

Gabriel Prosserslave revolt leaderBorn: c. 1775Birthplace: Henrico County, Virginia An educated slave, Prosser worked as a blacksmith. Inspired by the successful Haitian slave revolt, Prosser…

Charles HUMPHREYS, Congress, PA (1714-1786)

HUMPHREYS, Charles, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in Haverford, Delaware County, Pa., September 19, 1714; completed preparatory studies; engaged in milling; member of the Provincial…

Paul Cuffe Biography

Paul Cuffe ship captain, merchant, and abolitionistBorn: January 17, 1759 Birthplace: Cuttyhunk, Mass.   Paul Cuffe was born in colonial Massachusetts as a free Black person. Cuffe's mother was…

Francis (Franny) Murray 1998 Deaths

Francis (Franny) MurrayAge: 82 former All-American football and basketball star at the University of Pennsylvania and last surviving member of the Quakers' "Destiny Backfield", which also…

Francis Barretto SPINOLA, Congress, NY (1821-1891)

SPINOLA Francis Barretto , a Representative from New York; born at Stony Brook, Long Island, N.Y., March 19, 1821; attended Quaker Hill Academy in Dutchess County; studied law; was admitted to the…