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Edward Deakin 1884 - 1979

Edward Deakin of Lafayette Hill, Montgomery County, PA was born on February 28, 1884, and died at age 95 years old in October 1979.
Edward Deakin
Lafayette Hill, Montgomery County, PA 19444
February 28, 1884
October 1979
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  • 02/28
    1884

    Birthday

    February 28, 1884
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  • 10/dd
    1979

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    October 1979
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    Edward Deakin lived 21 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 95.
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In 1884, in the year that Edward Deakin was born, on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.
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In 1906, he was 22 years old when English biochemist Frederick Hopkins concluded that vitamins are essential to the human body and that a lack of vitamins caused scurvy and rickets. Scurvy and rickets were both huge problems in sailors that were at sea for extended time and the addition of vitamin C, vitamin D, and calcium in their diets helped eradicate the problem.
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