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He is the first child of Elisha Avery Baker (1802-1859) and Laura Taylor (1806-1986). In 1832, the family moved to Colchester, Connecticut, to establish a retail fish business. By 1848, he was part owner of a 77-ton schooner Elisha A. Baker. On March 10, 1851, he married Adelaide Brigg in Hebron, Connecticut. They had no children.
Avery Brundage ( / ˈeɪvri ˈbrʌndɪdʒ /; September 28, 1887 – May 8, 1975) was an American sports administrator who served as the fifth president of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1972. The only American and only non-European to attain that position, Brundage is remembered as a zealous advocate of amateurism and for his ...
Avery Lawrence Schreiber (April 9, 1935 – January 7, 2002) was an American actor and comedian. He was a veteran of stage, television, and movies [1] [2] who came to prominence in the 1960s in a comedy duo with Jack Burns. He acted in an array of roles mostly on television sitcoms and a series of popular advertisements for Doritos tortilla chips.
Avery Robert Dulles SJ (/ ˈ d ʌ l ɪ s / DUL-iss; August 24, 1918 – December 12, 2008) was an American Jesuit priest, theologian, and cardinal of the Catholic Church.Dulles served on the faculty of Woodstock College from 1960 to 1974, of the Catholic University of America from 1974 to 1988, and as the Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University from 1988 to ...