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Name: Sylvester Graham
Birth Date: July 5, 1794
Death Date: September 11, 1851
Place of Birth: West Suffield, Connecticut, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: reformer, minister

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Biography of Sylvester Graham
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Sylvester Graham (1794-1851), American reformer, was a temperance minister and an advocate of healthful living. Sylvester Graham was born on July 5, 1794, in West Suffield, Conn. His father, a 72-year-old clergyman, died 2 years later. Graham was...


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Sylvester Graham Information
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Sylvester Graham (July 5, 1794 – September 11, 1851) was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and was ordained in 1826 as a Presbyterian minister. He entered Amherst College in 1823 but did not graduate. He was an early advocate of dietary reform in...


News and Journals
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Saturday Evening Post
The Rev. Sylvester (Graham Cracker) Graham: America's early fiber crusader. (includes recipes)
03/01/1985: 3,666 words, approx. 12 pages
THE REV. SYLVESTER (Graham Cracker) GRAHAM: AMERICA'S EARLY FIBER CRUSADER Arecent query of a group of graham-cracker-munching fourth-graders revealed that only one knew who invented the familiar golden cookie. "Alexander Graham Bell,' said Emily-Sue Hicks, lips moist with chocolate milk. "He...
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The Village Voice
The Fabulous Sylvester
06/29/2005: 809 words, approx. 3 pages
THE FABULOUS SYLVESTER By Joshua Gamson HenryHolt, 306pp., $26 DISCO HEAT Remembering the man who turned a flamboyant life into art Whatamanhewas. * Born in 1947, Sylvester James first had sex in 1955, but he never claimed he'd been abused. "One...
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The New York Observer
Brooklyn Family Feud Adds Flavor to Well-Told Tale
4/2/2006: 1,051 words, approx. 4 pages
“Everyone in my family tells this story, but everyone starts it in a different way.” That’s how Rich Cohen begins his own story about Sweet’N Low, the artificial sweetener developed by his grandfather, Benjamin Eisenstadt, in 1957. It turns out that the iconic condiment, with...
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The New York Observer
Brooklyn Family Feud Adds Flavor to Well-Told Tale
4/2/2006: 1,051 words, approx. 4 pages
“Everyone in my family tells this story, but everyone starts it in a different way.” That’s how Rich Cohen begins his own story about Sweet’N Low, the artificial sweetener developed by his grandfather, Benjamin Eisenstadt, in 1957. It turns out that the iconic condiment, with...
 


 

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