Paul Van Deusen
Parents
Isaac Van Deusen
Isaac Van Deusen
1829 - 1918
Josephine Hicks
Josephine Hicks
1835 - 1921
Spouse
Siblings

Paul graduated in chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania and was chemist for the Atlantic Refining Co. for a number of years until at the age of twenty-three, in company with his brother Isaac, he went prospecting in Wyoming where he was blinded by dynamite.

1899


Age: 23y

occupation


Pennsylvania, USA ⇓
He worked for the Atlantic Refining Co. as a chemist until he was twenty three years old, having previously graduated in chemistry from the University of Pennsylavania. While later prospecting with his brother Isaac in Wyoming, he would be blinded by dynamite around the age of twenty five or twenty six.
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1899 • The New York Zoological Society opens the Bronx Zoological Park to the public in New York City.

1901


Age: 25y

occupation


Him and his wife started a poultry business, and by 1927 they had 2000 birds.
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1901 Middelburg peace conference fails in South Africa as Boers continue to demand autonomy.

1905


Age: 29y
1905 • The Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan are established from the southwestern part of the Northwest Territories.

1910


Apr 28
Age: 35y
1910 Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero proclaims the elections of 1910 null and void, and calls for an armed revolution at 6 p.m. against the illegitimate presidency/dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz.

1917


Age: 41y
1917 • The sea defences at the English village of Hallsands are breached, leading to all but one of the houses becoming uninhabitable.

1920


Age: 44y
1920 • The Grand National Assembly of Turkey is founded by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in Ankara. It denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution.

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