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Lucy Evelyn Shields 1879 - 1968

Lucy Evelyn Shields of Glen Australia was born in 1879 in Brighton to Joseph Henry Hood and Georgina Mckee Hood. She had siblings Catherine Hood, Helen Fanny Hood, George Hamilton Hood, Florence Hood, and Henry Warrington Hood. Lucy Shields died at age 89 years old in 1968 in Glen.
Lucy Evelyn Shields
Glen Australia
1879
Brighton, Australia
1968
Glen, Australia
Female
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  • 1879

    Birthday

    1879
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    Brighton Australia
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    Brighton, Australia
  • 1968

    Death

    1968
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Glen Australia
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    Lucy Evelyn Shields lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1879, in the year that Lucy Evelyn Shields was born, on October 22nd, Thomas Edison tested the first practical electric light bulb. Lasting 13½ hours before burning out, it used a "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires". He applied for a patent on November 4th, receiving the patent in January 1880.
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In 1924, Lucy was 45 years old when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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