Phillips
BROOKS
(b.
13 December 1835
,
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
d.
23 January 1893
,
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
)
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Phillips BROOKS was born 13 December 1835 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Phillips BROOKS was the child of ? and ?Phillips BROOKS died 23 January 1893 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA .
He wrote the lyrics of the Christmas hymn, "O Little Town of Bethlehem".
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Phillips BROOKS was a American Episcopal clergyman and author.
Phillips BROOKS was a American Episcopal clergyman and author.
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1835 Birth 13 December 1835
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
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Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.
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1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states. 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1893 Death 23 January 1893
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 57.
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