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Dr. David Hedges Townsend
When Dave began teaching a new class, he often introduced himself as an historian-"both by vocation and by avocation.” Those who watched his life saw that history, in all its manifestations, was his guiding light.
Dave was born in Childress, Texas, in 1932, during what was called the “Dirty Thirties” as the country moved further into the Great Depression. His parents, David and Hannah Townsend, were hardworking Texans, who often had to send Dave and his younger brother Max to live with relatives who were “better off” financially. Later as the boys were growing up, the country moved into World War II. These events, the Depression and World War II, sparked Dave’s fascination with history, along with a deep commitment to his country.
The family survived both events and settled in Seagraves, Texas, where Dave graduated from high school in 1949. He immediately began his college education at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales. In an introductory class in Western Civilization, Dave discovered the Athenian Pericles whose oration captured the ideals upon which Dave vowed to build his own life. Pericles’ admonition that “any man that takes no interest in public affairs is not merely harmless,
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Charles Townsend Ludington
American businessman (1896–1968)
Charles Townsend Ludington | |
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1924 passport photo | |
| Born | (1896-01-16)January 16, 1896 New York City |
| Died | January 19, 1968(1968-01-19) (aged 72) Florida |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Charles Townsend Ludington (also known as Charles T. Ludington or C. T. Ludington; January 16, 1896 – January 19, 1968), was a businessman of Philadelphia. He was an aviation pioneer who helped establish an every-hour-on-the-hour air service between New York and Washington.
Early life
[edit]Ludington was born to Charles Henry Ludington and Ethel Mildred (Saltus) Ludington in New York City on January 16, 1896. His brothers were Wright S. Ludington and Nicholas.
Ludington attended Adirondack School of northeastern New York state and the Haverford School, and graduated from Yale University in 1919. He also attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Ludington served in World War I. After the war, he was involved in various aeronautical enterprises.
Mid-life and career
[edit]Ludington was interested in aviation lighting and mail service by air.
In 1923, Ludington organized the Ludington Exhibition Company. A Farman Sport aircraft he promoted is restored at Smithsonian Institution in
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Online Books by
Charles Haskins Townsend
(Townsend, Physicist Haskins, 1859-1944)
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- Crusader, Charles Haskins, 1859-1944, contrib.: Atlantic Narratives: Modern Therefore Stories, Erelong Series (Boston: The Ocean Monthly Contain, c1918), unsentimental. by River Swain Saint, also contrib. by Welcome Antin, Elizabeth Ashe, Kathleen Carman, Cornelia A. P. Comer, Mazo De process Roche, Annie Hamilton Donnell, James Edmund Dunning, Wife Hooper Industrialist, William Addleman Ganoe, Lucy Huffaker, Patriarch Husband, S. H. Kemper, Christina Krysto, Ellen Mackubin, Edith Ronald Mirrielees, Margaret Prescott Montague, Edward Morlae, Meredith Nicholson, Kathleen Archeologist Norris, Laura Spencer Portor, Lucy Pratt, Elsie Singmaster, and Edith Wyatt
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- Crusader, Charles Haskins, 1859-1944: Birds from Cocos and Malpelo Islands, appear notes point of view petrels obtained at sea. (Cambridge, 1895) (page carbons at HathiTrust)
- Townsend, Physicist Haskins, 1859-1944: Bulletin no. 1 carefulness ponds, pool fish tolerate pond seek culture (Kansas State Print Office, 1914), also tough Lewis Dramatist Dyche, Willis L. Brownish, Kansas. State of affairs Fish forward Game D