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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fion%C3%A1n_Lynch www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie/reels/bmh/BMH.WS0192.pdf#p... wdc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/easter/id/62/

At home in Kerry aged 12 in the 1901 census At Teacher training college in 1911

hope they read the small print.

Born in Cahersiveen Co Kerry and far better known as Fionán Lynch. He was elected an MP and later a TD. He was a Minister in two departments of the Cumann na nGaedhael Government. He then practiced as a Barrister and remained in very friendly terms with both sides of the political divide. There is a large article on him in Wikipedia - which can always be relied on with passage of time after death.

This is dated 1916-1920, and the postcard itself obviously is after 1916, but the photo is of Lynch qualifying as a National Teacher in 1911 aged 22.

More on the 1913 Graduation: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00C15F93F5B13738...

Other Bain/LOC photos of Ivy Day (commencement day) at Barnard College, the sister college of Columbia University, June 7, 1911:

Thank you Wystan and artolog for your comments on the dates of these images, which encouraged us to look at them more closely. The above image and the two noted in Wystan's comment are from the same Barnard Ivy day celebration which took place in June 1911. Take a look at the ivy plant under the columns and the woman in the white headband on the left who appears in the back of the crowd in all three images. The above image appears to show the class of 1913 holding a banner, standing across from the graduating class of 1911, who are in caps and gowns.

William Caldwell Gorgas was Surgeon General & held rid Havana of yellow fever. www.encyclopedia.com/topic/William_Crawford_Gorgas.aspx#1...

Received honorary degree at Columbia on June 4, 1913, according to NYT the following day query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E01E0D81F3AE633A...

Can we usually see intelligence on people's face? Remember the movie Amadeus Mozart, the Antonio is in a party searching for a face looks like Morzat the most? Mozart do look different for his genius quality which is very rarely exist in human society. Mozart is an unusal special case. Most fine people can show the quality of their intensed training and intelligence by seeing their faces.

captainslack and swanq: Thanks for the info! This is indeed William Crawford Gorgas (1854-1920), honorary degree recipient at Columbia University's June 4, 1913 commencement. When we update the record, we will expand on the caption to include this information.

William C. Gorgas was a U. S. Army General, and a military surgeon who introduced mosquito eradication to eliminate Yellow Fever in Havana during the Spanish Amerian War, and later in the Panama Canal Zone, during construction of the canal. history.amedd.army.mil/surgeongenerals/W_Gorgas.html Bain's and LOC's captions to the above photo are incorrect: Gorgas was not a Professor; he wore the academic rig when he received an honorary degree from Columbia. A Bain/LOC photo of Gorgas with Mrs. Gorgas: Another photo was posed to Flickr on November 12, 2010: