CITY

Population:
40407 (2000 census)

County:
Essex County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Salem State College	1854

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Nathaniel Bowditch	Astronomer	26-Mar-1773	17-Mar-1838	American Practical Navigator
Joseph Choate	Attorney	24-Jan-1832	14-May-1917	Attorney, ambassador
Peter R. Dolan	Business	6-Jan-1956		CEO of Bristol-Myers Squibb, 2001-06
Paul H. Douglas	Politician	26-Mar-1892	24-Sep-1976	US Senator from Illinois, 1949-67
Walter S. Gifford	Business	10-Jan-1885	7-May-1966	President of AT&T, 1925-48
Nathaniel Hawthorne	Author	4-Jul-1804	19-May-1864	The House of the Seven Gables
Mary Lou Lord	Musician	1-Mar-1970		Indie folk singer and sometime busker
Benjamin Peirce	Mathematician	4-Apr-1809	10-Jun-1880	Idempotent and nilpotent
Timothy Pickering	Politician	17-Jul-1745	29-Jan-1829	US Secretary of State, 1795-1800
William H. Prescott	Historian	4-May-1796	28-Jan-1859	The Conquest of Mexico
William Wetmore Story	Sculptor	12-Feb-1819	7-Oct-1895	Cleopatra
John Tierney	Politician	18-Sep-1951		Congressman, Massachusetts 6th
Jones Very	Poet	28-Aug-1813	8-May-1880	Religious mystic
Thomas A. Watson	Engineer	18-Jan-1854	13-Dec-1934	Assistant to Alexander Graham Bell
Jack Welch	Business	19-Nov-1935		CEO of GE, 1981-2001

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tony Conigliaro	Baseball	7-Jan-1945	24-Feb-1990	Boston Red Sox
Nicholas Mavroules	Politician	1-Nov-1929	25-Dec-2003	Congressman from Massachusetts, 1979-93
Timothy Pickering	Politician	17-Jul-1745	29-Jan-1829	US Secretary of State, 1795-1800
Jones Very	Poet	28-Aug-1813	8-May-1880	Religious mystic

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