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Robert B. Lea

7 May 1849 - 8 Jan 1895

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Robert B. Lea

7 May 1849 - 8 Jan 1895

Grave site information of Robert B. Lea (7 May 1849 - 8 Jan 1895) at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States from BillionGraves

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Robert B. Lea

Born: 7 May 1849

Died: 8 Jan 1895

Mount Olivet Cemetery

1101 Lebanon Pike

Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee

United States

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Son of John M. & Elizabeth B. Lea

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Mount Olivet Cemetery

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1101 Lebanon Pike
Nashville,Davidson,Tennessee
United States

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Robert B. Lea was born on 7 May 1849

Robert B. Lea was 10 years old when Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well. Petroleum is a naturally occurring, yellow-to-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth's surface. It is commonly refined into various types of fuels. Components of petroleum are separated using a technique called fractional distillation, i.e. separation of a liquid mixture into fractions differing in boiling point by means of distillation, typically using a fractionating column.

Robert B. Lea was 12 years old when American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces. The American Civil War was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865. As a result of the long-standing controversy over slavery, war broke out in April 1861, when Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina, shortly after U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated. The nationalists of the Union proclaimed loyalty to the U.S. Constitution. They faced secessionists of the Confederate States, who advocated for states' rights to expand slavery.

Robert B. Lea was 29 years old when Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound. Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman, who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park", he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention, and is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory.

Robert B. Lea was 32 years old when The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States. A telephone call is a connection over a telephone network between the called party and the calling party.

Robert B. Lea died on 8 Jan 1895 at the age of 45

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