Essay On The Grand Father Of Modern Dentistry

Some people are put in this earth to make a difference. To bring something new in a way that we as humans can evolve. Green Vardiman Black better known as “The Grand Father of Modern Dentistry” is one of them. G.V. Black was born on a farm near Winchester, Illinois on August 3, 1836 to William and Mary Black. He was not much in to the farm life, and he would not work on the farm. He showed very little interest wen it came to school. G.V. Black felt that going to school was a waste of time. He believe that he could learn more in the woods in a day then a whole week sitting in a classroom. He prefer the wild-life and nature studies and also to wander through the woods. Black enjoyed fishing , hunting, foxes, wild turkeys, deer, skunks, and wolves. All of that help developed his keen sense of observation and also an analytical mind. But to his father he regarded him as lazy and stupid for thinking that way. His mother on the other hand understood him and she had him help her out around the kitchen. After seven years on the farm Black was sent to go live with his older brother,

Black was a true patriot at heart and he got enlisted and served as an army scout in the Union Army. While Black was in service in the army he sustained a serious knee injury it took six months of recovery. And that led to his discharge. During the same time his first-born son had died and his second son had been born. Jane developed tuberculosis and pass in 1963. Black was not able to resume his service in the army. Then he removed to Jacksonville, Illinois were he became acquainted with Miss Elizabeth Davenport, who had been a student at the Jacksonville Female Academy. They were married on September 14, 1865. Carl his son, became the young wife 's boy in every sense of the word. Elizabeth Black was proud of her husband and she entered into his world of science and became part of his