Samuel Brown, MD 1769-1830

[SteveU]

I took a walk downtown with my 10 year old to work on a project for school about Kentucky history.

She had to answer questions, the answers to which are located on historical signs near old buildings. One in particular caught my eye. It seems that Dr Samuel Brown, the first professor of chemistry, anatomy, and surgery at Transylvania University not only helped develop the smallpox vaccine, but also:

1) applied steam distillation to the manufacture of whiskey

AND

2) did analyses that led to the use of Kentucky cave nitre to manufacture gunpowder!

So I'm starting a movement to name him the unofficial father of Kentucky USPSA for his advances in Bourbon and Gunpowder!

Amazing what you learn on a Sunday!

Edited April 17, 2011 by Surge

[E K]

As a fellow Kentuckian I second your motion.

[TGriff]

As a fellow Kentuckian I second your motion.

I third it! I'll have to check that out next time I'm in Versailles.

Edited May 1, 2011 by TGriff

[GrumpyOne]

Anyone who helped advance EITHER of those things (gunpowder and bourbon) should be given an honorary something....

[SteveU]

As a fellow Kentuckian I second your motion.

I third it! I'll have to check that out next time I'm in Versailles.

Actually was downtown Lexington. But a cool walk all the same

[Flexmoney]

So I'm starting a movement to name him the unofficial father of Kentucky USPSA for his advances in Bourbon and Gunpowder!

Cool.