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George Thayer 1901 - 1980

George Thayer of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa was born on November 11, 1901, and died at age 78 years old in August 1980.
George Thayer
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa 50316
November 11, 1901
August 1980
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    November 11, 1901
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    1980

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    August 1980
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    George Thayer lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1901, in the year that George Thayer was born, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded. Chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel, who died in 1896, had provided in his will for prizes in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine, who have produced the most distinguished literary work of an idealist tendency, and who have contributed the most toward world peace. The winners in 1901 were: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen for physics, Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff for chemistry, Emil Adolf von Behring for physiology or medicine, Sully Prudhomme for literature, and Jean Henry Dunant and Frédéric Passy for peace.
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In 1921, at the age of 20 years old, George was alive when on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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