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Both were born in the rural South, where they lived less than 100 miles apart. Wilson was the daughter of freed slaves, Solomon and Delia Rutherford. [59] In April 2005, Wilson moved into a new home funded by donations, in New Albany. She celebrated her 115th birthday in September 2005, and died on February 13, 2006, aged 115 years, 153 days. [58]
103: Spanish intellectual and writer [16] Eric Bentley: 1916–2020: 103: American playwright and theatre critic [17] Edward Bernays: 1891–1995: 103: Austrian-born American publicist [18] Harry Bernstein: 1910–2011: 101: English-American author [19] Colm de Bhailís: 1796–1906: 109: Irish poet, songwriter and stonemason [20] H.J. Blackham ...
The following is a list of living centenarians (living people who have attained the age of at least 100 years) known for reasons other than just their longevity.For more specific lists of people (living or deceased) who are known for these reasons, see lists of centenarians.
English socialite [10] Patricia Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, Countess of Dundee: 1910–2012: 102: Scottish noblewoman [11] Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin: 1924– 100: British peer [12] Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother: 1900–2002: 101: British queen consort and last Empress of India [13] George Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth: 1919–2022: 102 ...
103: Italian neurologist, recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and senator [124] Paul A. Libby: 1921–2021: 100: American fluid dynamicist [125] Edward J. Lofgren: 1914–2016: 102: American physicist [126] James Lovelock: 1919–2022: 103: British chemist [127] Lu Yuanjiu: 1920–2023: 103
Church of Norway records, the accuracy of which is subject to dispute, also show what appear to be several supercentenarians who lived in the south-central part of present-day Norway during the 16th and 17th centuries, including Johannes Torpe (1549–1664), [citation needed] and Knud Erlandson Etun (1659–1770), [citation needed] both ...
Eilif Philipsen (21 July 1682 – 20 June 1785) [1] was a Norwegian farmer known for his longevity, possibly being the first documented centenarian ever. He was accordingly the oldest verified living person at the time of his death in 1785, as well as during the previous three years. [2] [3] [4]
Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa. Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (1532–1592) was a Spanish adventurer, author, historian, mathematician, and astronomer. His birthplace is not certain and may have been Pontevedra, in Galicia, where his paternal family originated, or Alcalá de Henares in Castile, where he later is known to have studied . [1]