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John William Draper

British-american academic (1811-1882).

Born May 5th, 1811 in St Helens.

Died January 4th, 1882 at 70 years old in Hastings-on-Hudson.

Occupations
chemist, historian, philosopher, photographer, physicist, physiologist, university teacher, writer

Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black