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1835-1915
George Jerrold Potts was born on May 14, 1835, in Mohr, County Cavin, Ireland.
He was a physician. He graduated from the Department of Medicine of the Victoria University, Cobourg, in 1867 and practised in Ontario and Oregon.
In 1867, he married Agnes Stewart (1843–1911). He died on April 22, 1915, in Clinton, Ontario.
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1846-1914
William Bleeker Potter was born on March 25, 1846, in Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York.
He was an American consulting mining engineer and metallurgist. He graduated from Columbia University in 1866 and received an honorary degree D.Sc. in 1904. He served as the first Professor of Mining and Metallurgy at Washington University (1871–1893) and Director of the Missouri Geological Survey (1889– 1893). He published an article, "Contributions to the Archæology of Missouri, Part I. Pottery" (1880).
In 1888, he married Agnes Kennett Farrar (1862–1922). He died on July 14, 1914, in St. Louis City, Missouri.