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Brodie, Laura | South Carolina Public Radio

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Brodie, Laura | South Carolina Public Radio
"B" is for Brodie, Laura (1908-2004). Herpetologist. Born on a farm in Lexington County, Brodie began collecting snakes and frogs as a young child. By her teens she had converted an outbuilding into...
Butler, Pierce Mason | South Carolina Public Radio

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Butler, Pierce Mason | South Carolina Public Radio
"B" is for Butler, Pierce Mason (1798-1847). Soldier, governor. A native of Edgefield District, Butler graduated from the South Carolina College. From 1819-1829, he was an officer in the United States...
Burton, Edward Milby | South Carolina Public Radio Bull, William, II | South Carolina Public Radio

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Bull, William, II | South Carolina Public Radio
"B" is for Bull, William, II (1710-1791). Lieutenant governor. Educated in England and the Netherlands, Bull was a member of the Commons House (1736-1749) and, on occasion, its speaker. In 1749, he...
Burton, Edward Milby | South Carolina Public Radio Burke, Aedanus | South Carolina Public Radio

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Burke, Aedanus | South Carolina Public Radio
"B" is for Burke, Aedanus (1743-1802). Jurist, congressman. A native of Ireland, Burke arrived in South Carolina in 1775 and served in the militia during the Revolution. In 1780 he was elected a judge...
Burton, Edward Milby | South Carolina Public Radio Byars, Betsy Cromer | South Carolina Public Radio

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Byars, Betsy Cromer | South Carolina Public Radio
"B" is for Byars, Betsy Cromer (b. 1928). Writer. Byars began her writing career with magazine articles until dedicating herself to children’s literature. In 1962 her first book, Clementine, was...
Brooks, Preston Smith | South Carolina Public Radio

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Brooks, Preston Smith | South Carolina Public Radio
"B" is for Brooks, Preston Smith (1819-1857). Congressman. Brooks attended Moses Waddel’s academy and the South Carolina College. In 1844, Edgefield District elected him to the General Assembly...
Burton, Edward Milby | South Carolina Public Radio Bull, Stephen | South Carolina Public Radio

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Bull, Stephen | South Carolina Public Radio
"B" is for Bull, Stephen (d. 1800). Soldier, legislator. Descended from one of the first families of South Carolina, Stephen Bull was the nephew of Lieutenant Governor William Bull, Jr. Bull...
Burton, Edward Milby | South Carolina Public Radio Burroughs, Franklin Gorham | South Carolina Public Radio

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Burroughs, Franklin Gorham | South Carolina Public Radio
"B" is for Burroughs, Franklin Gorham (1837-1897). Manufacturer, merchant, land developer. A native of North Carolina, Burroughs disliked farming. In 1857, he moved to Conway and went to work with a...
Burton, Edward Milby | South Carolina Public Radio Brown, Edgar Allan | South Carolina Public Radio

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Brown, Edgar Allan | South Carolina Public Radio
"B" is for Brown, Edgar Allan (1888-1975). Legislator. At the age of sixteen, Brown learned shorthand and became a stenographer. In 1910, he passed the state bar exam. He represented Barnwell County...
Butler, Andrew Pickens | South Carolina Public Radio

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Butler, Andrew Pickens | South Carolina Public Radio
"B" is for Butler, Andrew Pickens (1796-1857). Jurist, U.S. senator. After graduating from South Carolina College, Butler passed the bar and soon settled in his native Edgefield to practice law. He...
Burton, Edward Milby | South Carolina Public Radio Brown, James | South Carolina Public Radio

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Brown, James | South Carolina Public Radio
"B" is for Brown, James (1933-2006). Musician. Born in Barnwell County, Brown began his career in Augusta in the 1950s when he formed the Flames—the first of a series of backing bands that would...
Medical University of South Carolina | South Carolina Public Radio Moise, Edwin Warren | South Carolina Public Radio

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Moise, Edwin Warren | South Carolina Public Radio
"M" is for Moise, Edwin Warren (1832-1902). Lawyer, soldier, adjutant general. A native of Charleston, Moise began his career working for his uncle in Columbus, Georgia. Although he was a vocal...
Medical University of South Carolina | South Carolina Public Radio Mills, Robert | South Carolina Public Radio

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Mills, Robert | South Carolina Public Radio
"M" is for Mills, Robert (1781-1855). Architect, engineer, author. A native of Charleston, Mills studied architecture with James Hoban, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Latrobe. Settling in Philadelphia...
Wofford, Kate Vixon | South Carolina Public Radio

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Wofford, Kate Vixon | South Carolina Public Radio
“W” is for Wofford, Kate Vixon [1894-1954]. Educator. After graduating from Winthrop College, Wofford taught at Laurens High School and served in the U.S. Navy during World War I. Returning to Laurens...
Hillsborough Township | South Carolina Public Radio Humphreys, Josephine | South Carolina Public Radio

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Humphreys, Josephine | South Carolina Public Radio
"H" is for Humphreys, Josephine (b. 1945). Novelist. Born in Charleston, Humphreys graduated from Duke and obtained an M.F.A. from Yale. In 1970, she began teaching at Baptist College in Charleston...
Hemphill, Robert Witherspoon | South Carolina Public Radio Hunter, John | South Carolina Public Radio

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Hunter, John | South Carolina Public Radio
"H" is for Hunter, John (d. 1802). Congressman, U.S. senator. Little is known about Hunter’s early life. He owned considerable real estate in Pendleton District. In 1785, he was elected to the General...
Hunter, Jane Edna Iris | South Carolina Public Radio

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Hunter, Jane Edna Iris | South Carolina Public Radio
"H" is for Hunter, Jane Edna Iris (1882-1971). Nurse, social worker. Family circumstances forced Hunter to go into domestic service when barely in her teens. She was able to work her way through...
Columbia College | South Carolina Public Radio Colleton, James | South Carolina Public Radio

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Colleton, James | South Carolina Public Radio
"C" is for Colleton, James (d. 1706). Governor. Colleton was the son and brother of Carolina proprietors. He was named governor in 1686 with instructions to clamp down on illegal trade with pirates...
Chapin, Sarah Flournoy Moore | South Carolina Public Radio College of Charleston | South Carolina Public Radio

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College of Charleston | South Carolina Public Radio
"C" is for College of Charleston. Although plans for a college at Charleston had been discussed throughout the eighteenth century, it was not until 1785 that the legislature authorized the creation of...
Columbia College | South Carolina Public Radio Colleton, Sir John | South Carolina Public Radio

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Colleton, Sir John | South Carolina Public Radio
"C" is for Colleton, Sir John (1608-1666). Proprietor. Colleton was a soldier and courtier of King Charles I and spent more than, £40,000 of his own money to support the king during the English Civil...
Chapin, Sarah Flournoy Moore | South Carolina Public Radio Colhoun, John Ewing | South Carolina Public Radio

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Colhoun, John Ewing | South Carolina Public Radio
"C" is for Colhoun, John Ewing (ca. 1749-1802). U.S. senator. Born in Virginia, Colhoun moved with his family to Long Canes (present-day Abbeville County). He graduated from Princeton in 1774. During...
Michael's Story | Open Line (1983) 2

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Michael's Story | Open Line (1983)
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The Saint Joseph Institute for the Deaf, founded in 1837, prides itself in its auditory-oral philosophy; teaching its students how to lip read, in order to communicate with people in every day society...
Michael's Story | Open Line (1983) 1

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Michael's Story | Open Line (1983)
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In this SCETV documentary, Michael Tecklenburg, from Charleston, S.C., is a freshman at the University of South Carolina Honor’s College. He has been working to overcome his adversity, that being...