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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nine, William Claude Dukinfield conceived a passion for juggling. In the Philadelphia stable where the family vegetable cart was stored, he practiced earnestly with oranges and lemons. But the elder Dukinfield took a dark view of his son's ambition, and once he went as far as to tan him for bruising a lemon. Incensed beyond containment, William climbed aloft in the stable one day and dropped a large box on his father's head. Then he left home, never to return...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Self-Made Curmudgeon | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

Winston Churchill, having ceremonially received the "freedom of the city" at London's Guildhall, saluted a crowd with his familiar topper-twirling gesture, was caught by the camera in close resemblance to William Claude Dukinfield (W. C. Fields...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jul. 26, 1943 | 7/26/1943 | See Source »

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