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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
1875 • The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of the year (Third Class is renamed Second Class in 1956). |
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 • The significance of Chinese oracle bones is discovered. |
1901
Age: 25y
occupationHim and his wife started a poultry business, and by 1927 they had 2000 birds. 1 Source ⇓ |
1901 • U.S. Steel is incorporated by industrialist J. P. Morgan as the first billion-dollar corporation. |
1901
Mar 26
Age: 26y
marriageLavinia Pearce Woodbury, New Jersey, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1901 • German Oscar Troplowitz invents for German company Beiersdorf AG the medical plaster patch called Leukoplast. |
1905
Age: 29y
residenceCumberland County, New Jersey, USA ⇓ He is living with his brother Isaac's family. 1 Source ⇓ |
1905 • Russo-Japanese War – Treaty of Portsmouth: In New Hampshire, a treaty mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is signed by victor Japan and Russia. Russia cedes the island of Sakhalin and port and rail rights in Manchuria to Japan. |
1910
Apr 28
Age: 35y
1910 • The first filmed version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein comes out. Considered to be the first horror movie, it stars actor Charles Ogle as the monster. |
1915
Age: 39y
1915 • An extremely overloaded International Railway (New York – Ontario) trolley with 157 passengers crashes near Queenston, Ontario, resulting in 15 casualties. |
1917
Age: 41y
1917 • The U.S. government releases the text of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public. |
1920
Age: 44y
residenceFranklin, Gloucester, New Jersey, USA ⇓ Paul is a Poultry Farmer 1 Source ⇓ |
1920 • Polish–Soviet War: Polish and anti-Soviet Ukrainian troops attack the Red Army in Soviet Ukraine. |
1930
Apr 2
Age: 55y
1930 • Getúlio Vargas becomes president of Brazil. |
1940
Age: 64y
residenceFranklin Township, Gloucester, New Jersey, USA ⇓ Paul's marital status shows single as of 1940 1 Source ⇓ |
1940 • RKO release Walt Disney's second full-length animated film, Pinocchio. |