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Lysander Butler Hamlin
Lysander Butler Hamlin (26 January 1839 – 12 April 1910) was the maker of Hamlin's Wizard Oil, a patent medicine. Biography He was born on 26 January 1839 in Bristol Township, Morgan County, Ohio to Dr. William Starr Hamlin and Eliza Welch. His brother was John Austen Hamlin. Together he and his brother manufactured and sold patent medicines in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1861 they both moved to Chicago, where they marketed their Hamlin's Wizard Oil. On 16 December 1868 he married Ella Louisa Town, the daughter of Morris C. Town and Maria S. Selkregg. He died on 12 April 1910 in Elgin, Illinois Elgin ( ) is a city in Cook County, Illinois, Cook and Kane County, Illinois, Kane counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is located northwest of Chicago along the Fox River (Illinois River tributary), Fox River. As of the 2020 United Stat .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamlin, Lysander Butler 1839 births 1910 deaths Patent medicine businesspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Lysander (; ; 454 BC – 395 BC) was a Spartan military and political leader. He destroyed the Athenian fleet at the Battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC, forcing Athens to capitulate and bringing the Peloponnesian War to an end. He then played a key role in Sparta's domination of Greece for the next decade until his death at the Battle of Haliartus. Lysander's vision for Sparta differed from most Spartans; he wanted to overthrow the Athenian Empire and replace it with Spartan hegemony. Early life Little is known of Lysander's early life. His year of birth is estimated at 454 BC.Detlef Lotze, ''Lysander und der Peloponnesische Krieg'', Berlin: Akademie (1964), 13 Some ancient authors record that his mother was a helot or slave. Lysander's father was Aristocritus, who was a member of the Spartan Heracleidae; that is, he claimed descent from Heracles but was not a member of a royal family. According to Plutarch, Lysander grew up in poverty and showed himself obedient, conformed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
