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Stanley Clisby Arthur was born on June 11, 1881, in Merced, California.

He was an American author, archivist, naturalist, and ornithologist. A native of California, he spent several years as a journalist and served as a war correspondent in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War (1898). Arthur arrived in Louisiana in 1915 and came to view it as his adopted home, dedicating much of his life to documenting its customs, culture, and history. During the Great Depression, Arthur was appointed regional director of the Survey of Federal Archives. This allowed him to delve even more deeply into the history of New Orleans and Louisiana. He published several more historical and cultural works, including "The Fur Animals of Louisiana" (1928), "The Birds of Louisiana" (1931), "Old Families of Louisiana" (1931), "Audubon: An Intimate Life of the American Woodsman" (1937), and "Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix 'Em" (1944).

In 1908, he married Ella Bentley (1881–1959). He died on December 4, 1963, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Dr. Nicolas Maurice Arthus was born on January 9, 1862, in Angers, France.

He was a French immunologist, physiologist, and author. He studied medicine in Paris and received his doctorate in 1886. In 1896, he became a Professor of Physiology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He returned to France to work at the Pasteur Institute in 1900 and later taught at the Ecole de Médecine de Marseilles (currently integrated in the University of the Mediterranean). In 1907, he was appointed the Chair of Physiology at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, where he remained for twenty-five years. Apart from the reaction named after him (the Arthus reaction, a localized inflammatory response), he is best known for his work on anaphylaxis. Arthus also studied snake venom and the role of calcium in the coagulation of blood. He is the author of numerous books on his field of study.

In 1893, he married Marie-Thérèse Weissenbach (1869–1942). He died on February 24, 1945, in Fribourg, Switzerland.

Edward Westhead Arthy was born on January 8, 1851, in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.

He was an educator, school superintendent, and author. He attended the Queen’s College, the University of Oxford and the University of Toronto (1873). In 1875, he was appointed headmaster of the Royal Arthur School in Montreal, Quebec. Around 1876 he became headmaster of the Preparatory High School, an elementary school connected to the High School of Montreal. In the 1883-1884 school year, Arthy was appointed a secretary-superintendent of the Protestant Board of School Commissioners of the City of Montreal and he stayed in the position until 1908 when he resigned due to ill health. During this period, he was also active in the leading Protestant educational bodies in the province, serving on the Protestant Central Board of Examiners, which certified teachers for the Protestant schools, and on various committees of the Provincial Association of Protestant Teachers. He wrote many arithmetic manuals that were used in schools until 1932. He was praised for his personal qualities, his power of comprehensive mental grasp, his scholarly attainments, and his administrative ability.

He died on February 19, 1914, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Born in Washington, D.C., Kenneth Lee Ascher is an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, active in jazz, rock, classical, and musical theater genres — in live venues, recording studios, and cinema production. He wrote the song "Rainbow Connection" for The Muppet Movie with Paul Williams. Both Williams and Ascher received Oscar nominations for the 1979 Academy Awards for Best Original Song ("Rainbow Connection") and Best Original Score, The Muppet Movie Soundtrack. The song was also nominated for the Golden Globes for Best Original Song that same year. His body of work includes keyboard parts and string arrangements on John Lennon’s albums, music for several songs from Barbra Streisand’s remake of A Star is Born, and a prolific number of compositions, arrangements, and performances as sideman or band member on keyboards, as well as critically acclaimed live performances and jingles.

Dr. John Ashe was born on December 24, 1822, in Yorkshire, England.

He was a physician and politician. Little is known of his early life and education except that he attended Guy’s Hospital in London. In 1845, he became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and a licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries. Ash practiced medicine in Coxwold (North Yorkshire) from 1849 to 1860. In 1862, he immigrated to Victoria, Vancouver Island. In 1865, he was elected to the House of Assembly of Vancouver Island as a junior member for Esquimalt District. He supported the union of Vancouver Island with British Columbia, providing it was coupled with the granting of responsible government and free port status for Victoria. He retained his seat until the abolition of the Island assembly upon the union of the two colonies in 1866. After British Columbia entered the confederation in 1871, Ash was elected to the provincial legislature for Comox on northern Vancouver Island in 1872. He was appointed to the Executive Council as provincial secretary in the government of Amor De Cosmos, serving until George Anthony Walkem’s government resigned in 1876. Ash also served as the first minister of mines of British Columbia in 1874. He remained in the assembly until 1882, when he decided not to seek re-election.

Dr. Ash’s domestic life was shadowed by sadness. His only child, Annie, died of diphtheria in 1868 at the age of five, and his wife died in 1874. Later the following year, Ash remarried Adelaide Anne Amelia de Veulle. While they were visiting England in 1881, Adelaide died of malaria. Dr. Ash returned to Victoria and continued to practice medicine, specializing in ophthalmology, until his death of apoplexy on April 17, 1886, in Victoria, British Columbia.

James Graham Ashbaugh was born on June 24, 1928, in Lawrenceville, Illinois.

He was an Emeritus Professor of Geography at the Portland State University, Oregon. He was the author of many articles and books, e.g., “A Geography of the Columbia River Ports” (1965). He edited the book, "The Pacific Northwest: Geographical Perspectives" (1997).

In 1950, he married Dorothy Louise Lambson (1930–2012). He died on August 6, 2000, in Portland, Oregon.

Thomas Almond Ashby was born on November 18, 1848, in Warren County, Virginia.

He was an American surgeon, writer, and politician. He attended Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, studying the classics, modern languages, and chemistry. He graduated from the University of Maryland (M.D., 1873) and practiced as a gynecologist. In 1877, he was one of the founders of the Maryland Medical Journal. He held various positions at the University of Maryland Medical Department before leaving in 1878. Under Ashby's leadership, the Women's Medical College was established in Baltimore in 1882. He served as Chair of Obstetrics (1882-1897) and as Chair of Diseases of Women and Children (1889-1897) at Baltimore Medical College. In 1897, Ashby became Professor of Diseases of Women at the University of Maryland. He was active in various professional medical associations. He was a Fellow of the American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Gynecological Society. Ashby was president of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland. In 1909, he was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, where he focused on health issues. Ashby was chairman of the Hygienic Committee and introduced bills in the health field, including those concerning pure food, the care of the insane, and increasing the powers of the State Board of Health. He received an honorary LL.D. from Washington and Lee in 1912. Ashby wrote several books on the United States Civil War.

In 1877, he married Mary Cunningham (1855-1938). He died on June 26, 1916, in Baltimore, Maryland.