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To my father, business was the highest calling, but to my mother, medicine was the top profession.

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William Standish Knowles
Age: 95 †
Born: 1917
Born: June 1
Died: 2012
Died: June 13
Chemist
Taunton
Minnesota
William S. Knowles
Medicine
Calling
Highest
Business
Father
Mother
Profession

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