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Benjamin Wilson 1721-88, English portrait painter and electrician who opposed Benjamin Franklin's theory of positive and negative electricity. Instead, Wilson supported Newton's gravitational-optical ether, which he supposed to differ in density around bodies in accordance with their degrees of electrification. Wilson also opposed Franklin's theory of lightning rods, holding that blunt conductors performed better than pointed ones. His best experimental work was on the electrical properties of the tourmaline. He was elected fellow of the Royal Society in 1751 and received its gold medal in 1760... Read more

Harrison, Benjamin
Benjamin Harrison Louis W. Koenig THE presidency of Benjamin Harrison attests that the office requires...ranking Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, and Wilson as the three outstanding presidents...though I were doing an injustice to Benjamin Harrison not to crowd him into the three...of history's ... Read more

Goodman, Benny (Benjamin) (David)
Goodman, Benny [Benjamin] (David) ( b Chicago, 1909; d NY, 1986). Amer. clarinettist and jazz...inaugurating the ‘swing era’. In 1935 formed a trio with Teddy Wilson (pf.) and Gene Krupa (drums), expanding it in 1936 to a quartet with... Read more

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	Benjamin H. Wilson ; Benjamin H. Wilson, 82, of East Petersburg, passed...C. Roy and Anna B. (Hoak) Wilson. He is survived by his wife, Berneatha M. (Hackman) Wilson, of East Petersburg. They...married for 59 1/2 years. Mr. Wilson was a member of Grace Evangelical...Navy during World War II. Benjamin was a ... Read more
	Benjamin Wilson "Ben" Koon ; Benjamin Wilson "Ben" Koon, 82, of Aurora, passed away Saturday, April 17, 2004 at Alden of Naperville. He was born October, 12, 1921, in Dixon, Illinois, son of the late Benjamin Anthony and Mildred (Unagnst) Koon. Ben served in the U.S. Marines during WWII in the South Pacific. He was a member of the ... Read more
	OBIT - CLARK, BENJAMIN WILSON, (BEN) ; CLARK, Benjamin Wilson, (Ben), 85, of Rich Valley, Va., died Wednesday, June 26, 2002 in Johnston...dedicated overseer. He was born on April 29, 1917, the son of the late Wilson Buchanan Clark and Mary Painter Clark. He is survived by his wife, Florence... Read more
	Wilson, Benjamin F. "Frank" ; Wilson, Benjamin F. "Frank" Passed away peacefully surrounded by his family, Friday, April 28, 2006, age 79 years. Beloved husband for 58 years... Read more
	Wilson, Benjamin F. ; Wilson, Benjamin F. Private family services were held. CHURCH AND CHAPEL Read more
	OBIT - WILSON, BENJAMIN LEWIS ; Benjamin Lewis Wilson, 81, of Covington, died Saturday, June 7, 2008. Funeral services 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Arritt Funeral Home Chapel. Read more
	Benjamin C. Wilson, Sr. ; ...the late Everett and Lula (Howell) Wilson. Also preceded in death by a grandson...wife of 60 years Opal Mae (Rhodes) Wilson; a son, Benjamin C. (Mary) Wilson Jr.; two grandsons, Michael D. and Greg E. Wilson; one granddaughter, Robyn R. Wilson... Read more
	KALLI KOUBA \| JAKE ALLEN AMUNDSEN \| LUCAS STEVEN JACOBSON \| JOSHUA JORDAN VANDELEUV \| SARAH CATHERINE KLAICH \| ALEXANDER MICHAEL CROWE \| LAURA ALEXIS SPICER \| TANNER MICHAEL MOREL \| TYLER JOHN THOMAS \| JESSICA ANN RAPSYS \| ELEANOR KATHLEEN GORDON \| COURTNEY PAIGE HOBAN \| SIERRA MEGAN SHAFFER \| ALEX ZACKERY TEMES \| ABIGAIL ANN WILLIAMS \| JACOB BENJAMIN PARTRIDGE \| ELIZABETH MARTHA PENDLEY \| TYLER JOHN BATTLE \| PATRICIA MARIA DAVIS \| LARISSA JEAN BICK \| ANDREW ERIC WYSOCKI \| CHRISTOPHER JAMES WILSON \| ALONDRA AGUILAR \| KRISTY LOUISE PARKS ; On Thursday, March 13, 1997, Kalli Kouba made her debut at Gulf Coast Hospital in Fort Myers, Fla. She is the daughter of Peter and Venicea Kouba of Fort Myers, Fla. The couple's first child weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces, at birth. The paternal grandparents are Bob and Kathy Kouba of Naperville. The Read more
	B'way vet Mordecai dies at 60.(Benjamin Mordecai III)(Obituary) ; ...HAVEN, Conn. -- Benjamin Mordecai III, the...works of August Wilson to Broadway, died...management firm Benjamin Mordecai Prods...London. Sageworks, a Wilson/Mordecai partnership...School of Drama. Wilson acknowledged his...may be made to the Benjamin Mordecai Fund at... Read more
	Benjamin Mordecai, 60, theatrical producer ; NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Benjamin Mordecai, a theater producer...associated with the plays of August Wilson, has died after a long illness...Mordecai said. He first produced Wilson's plays at the Yale Repertory...Rep, he transferred five of Wilson's plays to New York including... Read more

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