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Great discoveries are made accidentally less often than the populace likes to think. Commenting on how an accident led to the discovery of X-rays.

William Cecil Dampier

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William Cecil Dampier
Age: 84 †
Born: 1867
Born: December 27
Died: 1952
Died: December 11
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Inner and Outer London
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