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 Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag is registered for copyright as ragtime music enjoys mainstream popularity in the United States.

1901


Age: 25y

occupation


Him and his wife started a poultry business, and by 1927 they had 2000 birds.
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1901


Mar 26
Age: 26y
1901 • In Evansville, Indiana, a fire burns through the business district, causing $175,000 of damage.

1905


Age: 29y
1905 • The Bloody Sunday massacre of peaceful Russian demonstrators led by Russian Orthodox priest Father Gapon at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg helps trigger the abortive Russian Revolution of 1905.

1910


Apr 28
Age: 35y
1910 Vajiravudh (Rama VI) is crowned King of Siam, after the death of his father, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V).

1915


Age: 39y
1915 HMHS Britannic, which will be the largest individual British loss in WWI, departs Liverpool on her maiden voyage as a hospital ship.

1920


Age: 44y
1920 • The German government asks France for permission to use its own troops against the rebellious Ruhr Red Army in the French-occupied area.

1930


Apr 2
Age: 55y

1940


Age: 64y

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