* March 20 – Neal S. Dow, mayor of Portland and Father of Prohibition ( d. 1897 )

David Oppenheimer: " Father " of Vancouver, Canada 1834 – 1897.

Neal S. Dow ( March 20, 1804 – October 2, 1897 ), nicknamed the " Napoleon of Temperance " and the " Father of Prohibition ", was mayor of Portland, Maine.

By 1896, the friars established Dipolog as a regular parish and installed Father Esteban Yebes its first administrator in 1897.

He married 1871 Edith Peers-William ( d. 1897 ), a daughter of Lt .- Col. Thomas Peers Williams, MP for Great Marlow 1820 – 1868 and Father of the House of Commons December 1867 – 1868, of Craig-y-Don near Beaumaris on Anglesey and Temple House, near Marlow.

Father Pamphile followed in his brother's footsteps, but being an elderly, scholarly man at the time of his arrival, he could not get accustomed to the surroundings and returned to Belgium on August 25, 1897.

In 1897 the movement received an impetus when Monsignor O ' Connell, former Rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome, spoke in behalf of Father Hecker's ideas at the Catholic Congress in Fribourg.

Father Paul Dobberstein was a German immigrant ordained in 1897.

In 1897 the movement received an impetus when Monsignor O ' Connell, former Rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome, spoke in behalf of Father Hecker's ideas at the Catholic Congress in Friburg.

* 1897 – John W. Galbreath, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Darby Dan Farm ( d. 1988 )

* John Albert William Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough ( 1897 – 1972 ), elder son of the 9th Duke

Epinephrine was chosen as the generic name in the United States because John Abel, who prepared extracts from the adrenal glands in 1897, used that name for his extracts.

The fundamental ionisation mechanism used was discovered by John Sealy Townsend by his work between 1897 and 1901, and is known as the Townsend discharge, which is the ionization of molecules by ion impact.

While a board of elders was elected for the enforcement of the Society's rules and regulations, business management passed to its trustees: Baker and Henrici, 1847 – 68 ; Henrici and Jonathan Lenz, 1869 – 90 ; Henrici and Wolfel, 1890 ; Henrici and John S. Duss, 1890 – 1892 ; Duss and Seiber, 1892 – 1893 ; Duss and Reithmuller, 1893 – 1897 ; Duss, 1897 – 1903 ; and finally to Suzanna ( Susie ) C. Duss in 1903.

* John Salmon Ford ( 1815 – 1897 ), American political figure in Texas ; best known as " Rip " Ford ; served in state Congress and Senate ; veteran of Mexican War and Civil War

* 1897 – John G. Bennett, English scientist and author ( d. 1974 )

In 1897 the Pender Laboratory was founding at University College, London and Fleming took up the Pender Chair after the £ 5000 was endowed as a memorial to John Pender, the founder of Cable and Wireless.

* John Brown ( baseball ) ( 1876 – 1908 ), player for 1897 Brooklyn Bridegrooms, which later became Los Angeles Dodgers

* 1897 – John Frederick Coots, American songwriter and composer ( d. 1985 )

* 1897 – John Laurie, Scottish actor ( d. 1980 )

Various theological and philosophical aspects have been expanded and developed by Charles Hartshorne ( 1897 – 2000 ), John B. Cobb, Jr., and David Ray Griffin.

* 1967 – John Cockcroft, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1897 )

First made at 60 Broad Street, Worcester, England, by two dispensing chemists, John Wheeley Lea and William Henry Perrins, the Lea & Perrins brand was commercialised in 1837 and has been produced in the current Midlands Road factory in Worcester since 16 October 1897.

* March 11 – John Monk Saunders, American writer ( b. 1897 )

* September 18 – John Cockcroft, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1897 )

** John McPherson, Australian politician ( d. 1897 )

* December 1 – John M. B. Clitz, American admiral ( d. 1897

* August 16 – Charles John Vaughan, English scholar ( d. 1897 )

It represents the life work of John Ehn ( 1897 – 1981 ), a self-taught artist who wished to pass on a sense of the Old West, derived from personal experiences, myths, and tall tales.

Famous illustrators for British editions include: Arthur Boyd Houghton, John Tenniel, John Everett Millais and George John Pinwell for Dalziel's Illustrated Arabian Nights Entertainments, published in 1865 ; Walter Crane for Aladdin's Picture Book ( 1876 ); Albert Letchford for the 1897 edition of Burton ’ s translation ; Edmund Dulac for Stories from the Arabian Nights ( 1907 ), Princess Badoura ( 1913 ) and Sindbad the Sailor & Other Tales from the Arabian Nights ( 1914 ).

Bacteriological Research Building ( 1897 ), part of the Manitoba Medical College.

With the financial help of an uncle, Yerkes attended Ursinus College from 1892 to 1897.

After moving to Lausanne with his parents as a boy, he returned to England at the age of 11 without them ; three years later, at " the somewhat advanced age of 14 ," he began attending Malvern College and, later, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst from 1897 to 1898.

Stein attended Radcliffe College from 1893 to 1897 and was a student of psychologist William James.

At King's College, Cambridge, between 1897 and 1901, he became a member of a discussion society known as the Apostles ( formally named the Cambridge Conversazione Society ).

The curriculum was gradually modified over time and the Normal School became a full-fledged College in 1897.

* The Royal Hamilton College of Music ; founded in 1897 as the Hamilton Conservatory of Music ; reconstituted by a Royal Charter issued in 1965 by Queen Elizabeth II

Among other things, it was one of the first buildings used by Piedmont College, which was established in 1897.

* 1896-1902 Glasco football team of farm boys played University of Kansas, Ottawa University, Washburn University, Bethany College, and Haskell Indian Nations University The 1897 team hosted the University of Kansas at home but were defeated by a score of 23-0

The portico was completely rebuilt in 1897, and above it are statues of two Kings: Edward II on the left, and probably either Charles I or James I, although this is disputed ; above those is a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary after whom the College is officially named.

Lindsay studied medicine at Hiram College in Ohio from 1897 to 1900, but he did not want to be a doctor.

* For further details see the Biographical History of Caius College, by Dr John Venn ( 1897 ).

He taught at Euphrates College, Turkey ( 1897 – 1901 ); accompanied the Pumpelly ( 1903 ) and Barrett ( 1905 – 1906 ) expeditions to central Asia ; and wrote of his Asian experiences in Explorations in Turkestan ( 1905 ) and The Pulse of Asia ( 1907 ).

Perhaps partly in response to this and to the low number in pupils, the university merged with University College in St. Andrews in 1897, which became a centre of medical, scientific and legal excellence.

From 1896 to 1897, Santayana studied at King's College, Cambridge.

In 1897, however, six weeks before graduation, she was forced to leave Earlham College due to ill health.

He negotiated around resistance from many quarters, leading to the Federation Act in 1887 and affiliation ( and later federation ) with St. Michael's College in 1881, Wycliffe College and Knox College in 1885, the Ontario College of Agriculture and the Royal College of Dental Surgeons in 1888, Victoria College, the Ontario Medical College for Women and the Toronto College of Music in 1890, the College of Pharmacy in 1891, the Toronto Conservatory of Music in 1896, and the Ontario Veterinary College in 1897.