Widdicombe, John
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Widdicombe, John, “Widdicombe, John,” Digital Collections, accessed April 12, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/22646.
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Widdicombe, John
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John Widdicombe was born in Grand Rapids. His great-grandfather came to New York from England, before moving to Grand Rapids. Mr. Widdicombe's grandfather Alfred H. Sherwood started the Grand Rapids Panel Company, invented embalming fluid, and had a cottage in Macatawa Park rumored to have been designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Mr. Widdicombe's father was a lumberman in the north. Mr. Widdicombe attended the University of Virginia. He then moved to New York where he taught at the Grace Church Choir School.
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1975
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
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