The versatile Dr. Thornton, 1976.
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Thornton, William, 1759-1828
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William Thornton, architect, inventor, and public official, was born in the Virgin Islands on May 20, 1759, of English parents. He came to the United States in 1787 and became a citizen in 1788. On September 12, 1794 Thornton was appointed one of the commissioners of the new federal city of Washington. He championed his own design for the Capitol and the north wing had been constructed in accordance with his ideas by the time Congress removed to Washington in 1800. In 1802 Congress abolished the...
Wiprud, Theodore, 1891-1978
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Theodore Wiprud, the first full-time director of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, was born of Norwegian parents in 1891. He grew up in Frederic, Wis., and was a successful banker there by the early 1920s. During the Depression, local doctors would ask Wiprud for advice about unpaid bills. As a result, Wiprud became the business manager of a medical clinic in Milwaukee County, Wis. Wiprud spent nine years as executive secretary of the Medical Society of Milwaukee County. He moved ...
