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The Douglas' were a prominent mining family affiliated with the Copper Queen Mine and later the Phelps Dodge Company.
As this section of the Douglas Archives develops, I hope to identify
others who have contributed the state and to the wider world.
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Dr James Douglas, 1800-1896, was a
doctor who was the first in Quebec city to use chloroform anesthesia,
amongst other advanced paratices.
•
Dr James Walter Douglas, 1837-1918, son of
the above, from Canada, he is
known as the 'Father of Bisbee'.
•
Walter Douglas, 1870-1946, General
Manager of the Phelps, Dodge & Co. mining interests, was a son of the
above.
• Walter, Jr., son
of the above, operated Gilpin Airlines in Tucson.
•
Lewis Williams Douglas, 1874-1974,
was an American politician, diplomat, businessman and academic. He was
also a son of James Douglas Jr.
• James Stuart Douglas,
1922-1977, son of the above, was a horseman, cattleman, rancher, banker, civic leader, sculptor
and an artist.
• Sharman Douglas,1929-1996, sister
to the above, was a talent agent, a movie publicist, a public-relations agent
and
an American socialite.
• John
Douglas, Arizona artist
•
Adrian Douglas, who died in 2013, ran a
consultancy business specializing in pricing and marketing
•
A. E. (Andrew Ellicott) Douglass,
1867-1962, was an American astronomer.
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