Rev. William Thorburn Elmslie M.A. 1894 - 1945 BillionGraves Record

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Rev. William Thorburn Elmslie M.A.

Born: 24 Jun 1894

Died: 9 Feb 1945

Grange Cemetery

Beaufort Rd

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

United Kingdom

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April 2, 2019

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March 19, 2019

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Mairi McLeod Elmslie (Shaw)

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22 Jul 1904 - 31 Mar 1994
Leslie John Elmslie

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9 Jun 1935 - 15 Nov 2007

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Beaufort Rd
Edinburgh,City of Edinburgh,Scotland
United Kingdom

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Life timeline of Rev. William Thorburn Elmslie M.A.

1894

Rev. William Thorburn Elmslie M.A. was born on 24 Jun 1894

Rev. William Thorburn Elmslie M.A. was 11 years old when Albert Einstein publishes his first paper on the special theory of relativity. Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics. His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. He is best known to the general public for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect", a pivotal step in the development of quantum theory.

Rev. William Thorburn Elmslie M.A. was 20 years old when Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated by a Yugoslav nationalist named Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, sparking the outbreak of World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este was a member of the imperial Habsburg dynasty, and from 1896 until his death the heir presumptive (Thronfolger) to the Austro-Hungarian throne. His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia, which in turn triggered a series of events that resulted in Austria-Hungary's allies and Serbia's declaring war on each other, starting World War I.

Rev. William Thorburn Elmslie M.A. was 35 years old when The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression. The New York Stock Exchange, is an American stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street, Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$21.3 trillion as of June 2017. The average daily trading value was approximately US$169 billion in 2013. The NYSE trading floor is located at 11 Wall Street and is composed of 21 rooms used for the facilitation of trading. A fifth trading room, located at 30 Broad Street, was closed in February 2007. The main building and the 11 Wall Street building were designated National Historic Landmarks in 1978.

Rev. William Thorburn Elmslie M.A. was 45 years old when World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II. World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier. The vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most global war in history; it directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. In a state of total war, the major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. World War II was the deadliest conflict in human history, marked by 50 to 85 million fatalities, most of whom were civilians in the Soviet Union and China. It included massacres, the genocide of the Holocaust, strategic bombing, premeditated death from starvation and disease and the only use of nuclear weapons in war.

Rev. William Thorburn Elmslie M.A. died on 9 Feb 1945 at the age of 50

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Rev. William Thorburn Elmslie M.A.

24 Jun 1894 - 9 Feb 1945

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