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Delaney Best 1888 - 1976

Delaney Best of Washington, District of Columbia County, Maryland was born on October 25, 1888, and died at age 87 years old in September 1976.

Delaney Best
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Washington, District of Columbia County, Maryland 20012
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In 1888, in the year that Delaney Best was born, on July 25th, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City - Frank Edward McGurrin - decisively beat the competition in a typing contest in Ohio. He was supposedly the only person who used touch typing and is believed to have invented the method. Touch typing is ubiquitous now - but Frank's win is what convinced everyone that the method was good!
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In 1907, he was 19 years old when radiometric dating, a recently discovered technology that could date rocks, found that the earth was 2.2 billion years old which was dramatically older than previously thought. Later refinements and advancements in science would date the age of the earth at over 4.5 billion years.
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Best, Gary (Born Nov 28, 1937) Finlay-Best, Olive (Mar 7, 1906 - Feb 4, 1977) Best, Elizabeth (Beth) (Born Jun 25, 1944) Best, Charles (Jan 18, 1919 - Oct 7, 2001) Best, Louise (Aug 31, 1889 - Sep 1977) Best, Ethridge (Jun 26, 1910 - Feb 1967) Best, Jennie (Sep 20, 1895 - Apr 1977) Best, Barbara (Oct 9, 1928 - Mar 21, 2004) Best, Margaret (Nov 29, 1943 - Apr 6, 2004) Best, Joseph (Jul 29, 1893 - Feb 13, 1991)
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