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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone smarter than I am please tell me who these people are: Walter Johnson, Thomas Wootton, Richard Montgomery, TC Williams, Charles E. Smith, St Stephen & St Agnes, and Benjamin Banneker.  I know I could Google it, but since many people here are saying it's so easy and obvious to know who a school is named after, I'm hoping you'll answer.  TIA for making me more informed.[/quote]

Thomas Sprigg Wootton, a former member of the Maryland Constitutional Convention and the founder of Montgomery County.

Richard Montgomery, an American General who died while attempting to capture the British-held city of Quebec. (to RMs credit they have a page on their website about him)

Walter Perry Johnson, nicknamed "Barney" and "The Big Train", was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher.

Charles E. Smith, real estate developer and philanthropist in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

I knew Walter Johnson (from Big Train baseball) and obviously Charles E Smith since his name is all over the place, but I'm afraid I was not up on the founder of my County or General Montgomery.

My kid goes to a school named after "an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works."  He knows the first part, not so sure about the second part.[/quote]

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