#1Science & Medicine
John Frank Stevens
1853–1943American canal engineer
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2 famous people come from West Gardiner, John Frank Stevens the best known
Articles in 13 languages make the American canal engineer John Frank Stevens the best known. The only other name is the American architect William H. Stevens. The oldest name on the list belongs to William H. Stevens, born in 1818, the newest to John Frank Stevens, born in 1853. Waterville’s 47 names make the longest list in Maine.
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Best known
John Frank Stevens
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1818
William H. Stevens
Youngest
1853
John Frank Stevens
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- John Frank Stevens: Originally uploaded by Mr Curly (Transferred by Orlodrim), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John R. Swanton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Thurston: Colmer, Montagu, and Charles Erskine Scott Wood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel P. Benson: Nehemiah Cleaveland (1796-1877), Alpheus Spring Packard, Sr. (1798-1884), authors. John Chester Buttre (1821-1893), engraver. James Ripley Osgood & Company (Boston, MA). publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry I. Emerson: Collection of the U.S. House of Representative, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Shepherd Nivison: White whirlwind, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons