Births on February 13

Grant Wood

Born on February 13, 1891

Grant Wood, American painter and academic (d. 1942)

Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 in Anamosa, Iowa – February 12, 1942 in Iowa City) was an American painter and representative of Regionalism, best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest. He is particularly well known for American Gothic (1930), which has become an iconic example of early 20th-century American art.

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Events on 1891

10 Mar

Strowger switch
Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
15 May

Rerum novarum
Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
20 May

Kinetoscope
History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.

Births on February 13

Grant Wood

Born on February 13, 1891

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Strowger switch

Rerum novarum

Kinetoscope