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Eleanor Riker 1896 - 1973

Eleanor Riker of Bronx, Bronx County, NY was born on April 24, 1896, and died at age 77 years old in July 1973.
Eleanor Riker
Bronx, Bronx County, NY 10463
April 24, 1896
July 1973
Female
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  • 04/24
    1896

    Birthday

    April 24, 1896
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  • 07/dd
    1973

    Death

    July 1973
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    Eleanor Riker lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1896, in the year that Eleanor Riker was born, in April, the first study on global warming due to CO2 - carbon dioxide - in the atmosphere was published by Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius. Arrhenius concluded that human activity due to the Industrial Revolution would amplify CO2 in the atmosphere, causing a greenhouse effect. His conclusions have been extensively tested in the ensuing 100+ years and are still seen to hold true.
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In 1925, by the time she was 29 years old, in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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