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Herbert Bednorz
1908 births | 1989 deaths | polish bishopsHerbert Bednorz (born 25 September 1908 - died 12 April 1989) was a Polish Catholic priest, theologist, and a Coadjutor bishop (from 1950) and later, from 1967, Metropolitan bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Katowice.
Category: 1908 births Category: 1989 deaths Category: Polish bishops
Frank W. Preston
1886 births | 1989 deaths | american environmentalists | english immigrants to the united states | people from pennsylvania Frank W. Preston (1886-1989) an English-American engineer, ecologist, and conservationist. He helped found the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and worked to reclaim the land that is now Moraine State Park in Butler County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Preston was a leading expert in glass technology. He studied birds throughout his life and published papers on the shapes and pigmentation of birds eggs, the distribution of the heights of their nests and their migration patterns. Preston also wrote three major papers on the mathematical characteristics of ecologlical rarity and commonness.
Biography
Early life
Frank W. Preston was born on June 14, 1896 in Leicester, England. He received three degrees from the University of London upon graduation in 1916. Following his college years, Preston worked as a civil engineer in Loughborough, England. He was drafted into the Royal Army during World War I but received a maximum exemption through the efforts of his employer. Preston was personally against the exemption and wrote the the draft board in 1917 stating a desire to serve "in anything useful and suggested a brief exemption."Ernie Besser
1900 births | 1989 deathsErnie Besser (March 14, 1900 – July 1, 1989) was the wife of American comedian Joe Besser.
Pua Kealoha
1902 births | 1989 deaths | american swimmers | freestyle swimmers | olympic gold medalists for the united states | olympic silver medalists for the united states | olympic swimmers of the united states | swimmers at the 1920 summer olympicsPua Kele Kealoha (November 14, 1902 – August 29, 1989) was an American swimmer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.
André Cayatte
1909 births | 1989 deaths | french film directors | french lawyersAndré Cayatte (1909, Carcassonne–1989, Paris) was a French filmmaker and lawyer, who was known for his films on crime and justice.
Some of Cayatte's films included: Justice Est Faite (Justice is Done, 1950), Nous Sommes Tous des Assassins (We Are All Murderers, 1951), Tomorrow Is My Turn (1962), Mourir d'Aimer (To Die of Love, 1972).
