| 词条 | Francis Woodman |
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Early life and educationWoodman was born on June 13, 1864. He grew up in Jamaica Plain, a historic neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, and he graduated from Roxbury Latin School. Woodman then completed his undergraduate studies at Harvard University in 1888.[2] During his studies at Harvard, Woodman played the positions of left tackle and placekicker for the Harvard Crimson football team with the nickname of "Jumbo".[4] He competed against football teams from Princeton University whose players included William Irvine, the founder and first Headmaster at Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania.[5] In an exhibition game played against Phillips Exeter Academy, Woodman successfully kicked 20 field goals. The game had a final score of 154-0.[4] Woodman also played on Harvard's crew team alongside Charles Francis Adams III, the Secretary of the Navy during the Hoover Presidential Administration.[2] After Woodman fell ill in 1948, four Harvard football players from the 1947 team, including the team captain, donated blood to assist his recovery.[4] Publishing workFollowing graduation from college, Woodman joined the publishing firm Longmans, Green, & Co. (now an imprint of Pearson PLC). He served as head of the educational department at their New York City office for seven years.[2] FamilyWoodman married Melanie Martha Muller in Newburyport, Massachusetts on June 29, 1943. At the time, Muller served as the head of the Art Department at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.[3] References1. ^{{cite book | title=Morristown: A Military Headquarters of the American Revolution | author=John W. Rae | year=2002}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Woodman, Francis}}2. ^1 2 3 {{cite news | newspaper=The Boston Globe | title=FC Woodman, Ex-Grid Star, Educator | date=6 September 1959}} 3. ^1 {{cite news | newspaper=The Boston Globe | title=Francis C. Woodman, Melanie M. Muller Wed in Newburyport | date=1 July 1943}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite news | newspaper=The Boston Globe | date=14 January 1948 | title=4 Harvard Grid Men Give Blood to '88 Star | author=Dean Brelis}} 5. ^{{cite journal | journal=The Colorado School of Mines Magazine | volume=2 | title=Athletics and the College | author=W. E. Johnston | page=211}} 8 : American schoolteachers|Harvard Crimson football players|Harvard University alumni|Sportspeople from Boston|Players of American football from Massachusetts|1864 births|1959 deaths|Roxbury Latin School alumni |
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