Stephen
SALISBURY
Born
31 March 1835
,
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Died
abt. 1905
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Born: 31 March 1835 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Father:
Stephen SALISBURY
Mother:
Rebekah Scott DEAN
Paternal grandparents:
Stephen SALISBURY
, Elizabeth TUCKERMAN
Stephen SALISBURY died abt. 1905
He donated $100,000 to WPI in his father's memory to build Salisbury Laboratories, and gave the city 18 acres of land to create Institute Park across from campus. wpi.edu
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Birth — 183531 March 1835
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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)
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
Salisbury Laboratory Polytechnic Institute
...built with funds provided by Stephen Salisbury III, who had the building named in honor of his father, one of the founders of the school. lostnewengland.com
Salisbury Laboratory, built in 1889, was the third building constructed on the campus and originally held the Departments of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering. The building was named after Stephen Salisbury II, one of the original benefactors of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and his son Stephen Salisbury III for his many donations to the school, including for the construction of the Salisbury Laboratories. digitalcommonwealth.org
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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
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In September 1896, Stephen Salisbury III and a group of his friends founded the Art Museum Corporation to build an art institution "for the benefit of all." Salisbury then gave a tract of land, on what was once the Salisbury farm (now fronting Salisbury Street in Worcester, Massachusetts), as well as $100,000 USD to construct a building designed by Worcester architect Stephen C. Earle. The museum formally opened in 1898 with the Rev. Daniel Merriman as its first president. The museum's collection then consisted largely of plaster casts of "antique and Renaissance" sculptures, as well as a selection of 5,000 Japanese prints, drawings, and books, willed to the museum from John Chandler Bancroft, son of John Bancroft.
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In September 1896, Stephen Salisbury III and a group of his friends founded the Art Museum Corporation to build an art institution "for the benefit of all." Salisbury then gave a tract of land, on what was once the Salisbury farm (now fronting Salisbury Street in Worcester, Massachusetts), as well as $100,000 USD to construct a building designed by Worcester architect Stephen C. Earle. The museum formally opened in 1898 with the Rev. Daniel Merriman as its first president. The museum's collection then consisted largely of plaster casts of "antique and Renaissance" sculptures, as well as a selection of 5,000 Japanese prints, drawings, and books, willed to the museum from John Chandler Bancroft, son of John Bancroft.
In 1905, Stephen Salisbury died and left the bulk of his five million-dollar estate to the museum...
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