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Bliss's first and middle names (Doctor and Willard) were inspired by Samuel Willard, a surgeon from New England. [7] [8] [9] During his youth, the Bliss family lived in Savoy, Massachusetts. [6] Bliss had one brother, Zenas (July 4, 1832 – April 23, 1877). [6] Bliss treated Zachary Taylor for malaria at Fort Jesup, Louisiana, in 1844. [10] [11]
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Samuel Willard, the son of Dr. Nahum Willard of Lancaster, Massachusetts, and a descendant of the famous Major Simon Willard of 17th-century Massachusetts, graduated from Harvard University in 1767. [1] He studied medicine under Dr. Israel Atherton of Lancaster, Massachusetts, setting up practice as a physician in the town of Uxbridge in 1770
Bliss was born in Newton St Loe, Bath, Somerset. [2] He was the son of Rev. William Bliss and Jane Monck (born Jane Bridges). Bliss was the grandson of Dr John Bliss M.D., a physician who specialised in the treatment of gout. The family owned a tweed mill (Bliss Tweed Mill) at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. He was educated at Winchester from ...
Mary Elizabeth Bliss was born in Penfield, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, May 1, 1842. Her father, Mr. Bliss, was a principled man. Her mother, Lydia Bliss, was a Christian woman. Her only brother was the singer, evangelist, and hymnwriter, Philip Bliss. Of the two daughters in the family, Mary Elizabeth was the younger.
Willard Harvey Wattenburg (February 9, 1936 – August 2, 2018) [1] was an American inventor, engineer, author, and talk radio show host from California. Advertisements for his show often referred to him as "The Smartest Man in the World."
Robert Woods Bliss (August 5, 1875 – April 19, 1962) was an American diplomat, art collector, philanthropist, and one of the co-founders of the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington, D.C.