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Benjamin Gale

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Benjamin Gale, 1715 to 1790, was an American physician, scientist, agriculturist, inventor and political polemicist. He was known for his protests against the New Lights, which resulted in a fifteen year pamphlet war against leader Thomas Clap, and was himself considered a leader of Old Light politics in Connecticut.

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Birth Year
1715 1
Death Year
1790 1
Nationality
American 1
Defining Contribution
Invented the drill plough 1
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1. Wikipedia: Benjamin Gale
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1715-12-14
  • Infobox, death_date
    1790-05-06
  • Intro, sentence 1
    was an American physician, scientist, agriculturist, inventor and political polemicist
  • Intro, paragraph 2
    which led to his invention of the drill plough
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