Hektoen International

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Tag: Davy Smith Torrens

  • A personal memory of Davy Smyth Torrens

    John Brock-UtneStanford, California, United States Davy Torrens was born in Northern Ireland in 1897 near Coleraine. His parents were farmers of Scottish stock. From the age of ten, he was seen to be a wizard in fixing all the wall clocks in the surrounding areas. Torrens did very well in school and won a scholarship…