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Lillian D Wald

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(1867-1940) Author. Lillian D. Wald was born in Cincinatti, Ohio, and died in Westport, Connecticut. She lived in Rochester and New York City and authored two books.

John R. Huizenga

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(1921-2014) Author. John R. Huizenga was born in Fulton, Illinois, and died in San Diego, California. Dr. Huizenga began teaching at the University of Rochester in New York in 1967 and remained there until his retirement.

Richard Ben Cramer

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(1950-2013) Writer, journalist. Richard Ben Cramer was born in Rochester, New York, and died in Baltimore, Maryland. During his career he wrote for The Baltimore Sun, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone, and Esquire.

Frank Moore Cross

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(1921-2012) Author. Frank Moore Cross was born in Ross, California, and died in Rochester, New York. He was a biblical scholar who published his findings in “The Ancient Library Of Qumran and Modern Biblical Studies.

Fletcher Steele

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(1885-1971) Writer. Fletcher Steele was born and died in Rochester, New York. He authored around one hundred articles and two books.

Joe Simon

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(1913-2011) Writer. Joseph Henry Simon was born in Rochester, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He is credited along with Jack Kirby with creating the character, Captain America.

Barbara Dimmick

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Barbara Dimmick’s first novel, In The Presence Of Horses, was published by Doubleday in 1998. Translated into five foreign languages, it was a bestseller in Germany and named a Notable Book of the Season by The Brisbane Times. Her second novel, Heart-Side Up, published by Graywolf Press in 2002, was awarded the New Hampshire Writers’ … Continued