#1Famous people · Cavendish
10 famous people from Cavendish, many of them leaders
Articles in 39 languages make the American geneticist Nettie Stevens the best known. Second and third on the list are Fletcher D. Proctor and Ryland Fletcher. Most were born in the early republic: 7 of them. The first birth on record is Richard Fletcher’s, in 1788, and the last Nettie Stevens’, in 1861.
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10
notable people
Best known
Nettie Stevens
in 39 Wikipedia languages
First
1788
Richard Fletcher
Youngest
1861
Nettie Stevens
Most common field
Politics & Law
8 people
What stands out about Cavendish’s famous people
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What Cavendish is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 3.8 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Cavendish’s famous people were born
The 1860s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Cavendish
Leaders take two of the three places.
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Everyone else born in Cavendish
Still to come: 7 more, from 1788 to 1857.
Harriet Ellen Arey
1819–1901(Grannis), author, b. in Cavendish, Vt., 14 April, 1819
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cavendish 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 (12)
- Nettie Stevens: Carnegie Institution of Washington (according to the back of the photograph, visible at the download page) Restored by Adam Cuerden., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fletcher D. Proctor: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryland Fletcher: The Biographical Society, Boston, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Fletcher: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harriet Ellen Arey: F. E. Willard & M. A. R. Livermore, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry A. Fletcher: "Burlington Clipper" newspaper (Burlington, VT)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry B. Atherton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas O. Seaver: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence Adams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William H. Proctor: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles E. Billings: Photo by White, New York, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Emery Adams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons