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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.
1875
Mar 20
1899
Age: 23y
occupationPennsylvania, 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. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1899 • Esporte Clube Vitória Association football club is founded in Salvador, Brazil. |
1901
Age: 25y
occupationHim and his wife started a poultry business, and by 1927 they had 2000 birds. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1901 • A showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation. |
1901
Mar 26
Age: 26y
marriageLavinia Pearce Woodbury, New Jersey, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1901 • Cuba becomes a United States protectorate. |
1905
Age: 29y
residenceCumberland County, New Jersey, USA ⇓ He is living with his brother Isaac's family. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1905 • Tsar Nicholas II is forced to grant Russia's first constitution, conceding a national assembly (Duma) with limited powers. |
1910
Apr 28
Age: 35y
| 1910 • Comet Halley is visible from Earth. It won't be seen again until 1986. |
1915
Age: 39y
| 1915 • Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising. |
1917
Age: 41y
| 1917 • WWI: Battle of Cambrai: British forces, using tanks, make early progress in an attack on German positions but are soon beaten back. |
1920
Age: 44y
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residenceFranklin, Gloucester, New Jersey, USA ⇓ Paul is a Poultry Farmer 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • The forces of Russian White Admiral Alexander Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. The Great Siberian Ice March ensues. |
1930
Apr 2
Age: 55y
| 1930 • R. B. Bennett defeats William Lyon Mackenzie King in federal elections and becomes the Prime Minister of Canada. |
1940
Age: 64y
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residenceFranklin Township, Gloucester, New Jersey, USA ⇓ Paul's marital status shows single as of 1940 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1940 • 19 – WWII: Thirty-two ships are sunk from Convoy SC 7 and Convoy HX 79 by the most effective "wolfpack" of the war including U-boat aces Kretschmer, Prien and Schepke. |