#1Science & Medicine
Alice D. Weeks
1909–1988Mineralogist (USGS) and later professor of mineralogy, Temple University, Philadelphia
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Famous people · Sherborn
Sherborn’s famous people span 158 years: 4 births from 1751 to 1909
Best known of all is Alice D. Weeks, written about in 5 languages. Behind the leader come Henry Ware and Ashur Ware. Alice D. Weeks, the best known, was born in 1909. The list comes to 9 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.5 in the typical town in Massachusetts.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Alice D. Weeks
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1751
Jedediah Sanger
Youngest
1909
Alice D. Weeks
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Sherborn
The three are covered in 5, 5 and 4 languages: Alice D. Weeks, Henry Ware and Ashur Ware.
#1#2#3Through the years
When Sherborn’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1900s, with 1 people born in that decade.
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What Sherborn is known for
2 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sherborn 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.
Photo credits (8)
- Alice D. Weeks: Data Owner : U.S. Geological Survey Photographer : Patterson, E.F., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Ware: Charles Osgood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashur Ware: Joseph Greenleaf Cole, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jedediah Sanger: Isaac Hutton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Schiff: U.S. Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Carlson: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hannah Adams: Francis Alexander, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Nelson Cole: no coneguts, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons