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Chelsea's Notable People |
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All of these people of Chelsea have left their
footprints in the sands of time. |
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Few communities can point with equal pride to so
many outstanding and distinguished persons. |
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Alger, Horatio Jr. |
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Author of the famous
rags-to-riches stories and other books. |
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Aldrich, Mildred |
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Author, wrote "A
Hilltop on the Marne" after finding herself in the combat area of France
in WW1. |
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Antin, Mary |
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Author of "From
Polotzk to Boston", "The promised Land" and "Those who
knock at our Gates". |
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Bates, John L. |
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Ex-Governor of Massachusetts |
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Beach, Amy |
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First American woman to
write a symphony, born in 1876, died in 1944. |
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Blanchard, General William H. |
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Mapped out the plans for
the bombing of Japan during WW2. |
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Bliss, General Raymond W. |
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Surgeon General appointed
by President Truman in 1947. |
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Briggs, Captain J. B. |
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United States Navy. |
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Brooks, Amy |
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Wrote many books directed to little girls. |
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Bush, Vanevar |
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President's Roosevelt top
scientific advisor, helped develop the atomic bomb. |
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Chamberland,
Mellen |
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Lawyer, judge, statesman and historian. |
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Chase, Mrs. Frank H. |
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First woman in history to
receive a federal pilots license. |
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Cohan, George
M. |
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Known for his many famous
Broadway hit songs |
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Cota, General Norman |
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Directed many of the
battles in Europe and North Africa in WW2. |
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Cragie, Mrs. Pearl Richards |
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Politician reformer and
religious thinker wrote 20 books. |
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Cummings, Dr. Loretta Joy
O'Brien |
Born on High Street,
Chelsea and graduated Chelsea High School.
Specialist in skin diseases |
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Cushing, Lieutenant B. |
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Who became famous through
his heroic work in blowing up the Albermarle during the Civil War. |
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Cutting, Fred L. |
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Former Massachusetts
Insurance Commissioner |
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Denison, Mary |
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Contributed to American
and English periodicals. Wrote the book "Captain Molly". |
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Fall, Nancy Christian |
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Fourth woman admitted to
the bar in Massachusetts. First woman lawyer to
try a case before a jury. |
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Fay, Frank B. |
First mayor of Chelsea.
Chief of the United States Sanitary Commission
during the Civil War. |
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Responsible for the
creation of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children. |
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Fennell, Harry |
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Born in Chelsea and
educated in the Chelsea schools. Inventor of bi-focals. Sold the rights to
Cryptox Co. |
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Ferguson, John (Sandy) |
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Heavyweight boxer from
Chelsea. Began boxing in Chelsea in 1898. |
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Fisher, Daniel |
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Painter of landscapes,
sheep and cattle. Lived in England |
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Fitz, Clara Atwood |
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Illustrator of children's books |
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Fitz, Eustis C. |
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Trustee of Brown and
Wellesley colleges and ex-president of Boston Board of Trade. |
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Fitz, Miss Hellen |
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Former president of the
Daughters of the American Revolution. |
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Flebbe, Beulah Dix |
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Won prominence as a playwright. |
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Florence, Leonard |
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Philanthropist and
founder of Leonard Silver Company |
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Fraprie, Frank Roy |
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Author |
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Frost, Rufus S. |
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Congressman and
ex-President of the National Association of Woolen Manufacturers. |
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Gilley,
Frank |
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A chemistry teacher at
Chelsea High School who wrote many scientific books. |
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Gould, Elizabeth Porter |
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A well known writer of
poetry and founder of the Chelsea Woman's Club. |
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Grantman,
Colonel William |
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Civil War Colonel |
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Latimer, Lewis |
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Invented a method to make carbon filaments |
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Lee, Laura |
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Artist and activist, born
in 1867, died in 1954 |
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Lincoln, Joseph Crosby |
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Author of "Cape Cod
Ballads", "Captain Erl" and "The Woman Haters". |
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Low, John F. |
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Inventor of the famous "Low Art Tiles". |
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MacNeil, Herman Atkins |
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Famous sculptor. Gaduate of the Carter School. |
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Martin,
Thomas and William |
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Experts in elastic webbing |
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Mayer, Louis B. |
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Became the famous film
tycoon of Metro-Goldwin-Mayer. |
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McClintock,
William E. |
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Former chairman of the
Massachusetts Highway Commission |
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Mitchel, Henry |
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At one time the foremost
engraver in the United States. |
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Montgormery,
Jabez K. |
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Shipbuilder |
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O'Mahoney, Joseph C. |
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Well known lawyer, born in Chelsea |
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Orcutt,
Samuel |
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Inventor of the first
rapid printing press ever patented in the United States. |
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Pillsbury, Rear
Admiral John E. |
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United States Navy,
assistant chief of the Bureau of Navigation |
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Roberts, Ernest W. |
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Ex-Congressman |
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Shillaber,
Benjamin P. |
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Known in the literary
world as Mrs. Partington. |
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Slade,
David and Levi |
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Known by their famous spices |
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Stang, Arnold |
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Actor, straight man on
the Milton Berle show and Chunky Chocolate commercials. |
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Stanwyck, Barbara |
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Actress who starred in
dozens of films and on the tv show "The Big Valley" |
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Stone, Miss
Ellen M. |
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Famous missionary |
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Susskind, David |
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Famous for his work in
television, motion pictures and theater productions |
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Weinstein, Dr. Alfred |
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Wrote "Barbed Wire
Surgeon". Book describes his experiences in a Japanese POW camp in WW2. |
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Wheeler,
Dr. William G. |
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Associate of Dr. Oliver
Wendell Homes as examining physician during the Civil War. |
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Whipple, George Chandler |
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Born in 1866, died in
1924. President of Boston Society of Civil Engineers, professor of Sanitary
Engineering at Harvard, and Sanitary Engineering at Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, and secretary of the School of Public Health at Harvard. He
was sent as Major and Deputy Commissioner to Russia by the American Red
Cross. He was the author of several books on state sanitation, fresh water
biology and typhoid fever. |
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Young, Stella |
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Famous WW1 "Donut Girl" |
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