#1Science & Medicine
Thomas Poulter
1897–1978American physicist and Antarctic explorer
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Famous people · Salem
Thomas Poulter, born in 1897, is Salem’s famous person on record
The American physicist and Antarctic explorer Thomas Poulter was born in 1897. Their birth falls in the age of mills and railroads. Readers can find them written up in 5 languages. Famous people are on record for 441 of the towns in Iowa.
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Thomas Poulter
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1897
Thomas Poulter
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Salem and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
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- Thomas Poulter: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons