George Washington, the celebrated father of our country, had no children of his own. A 2004 study suggests that a type of tuberculosis that Washington contracted in childhood may have rendered him sterile. He did adopt two children from Martha Custis's first marriage.
Charlemagne was the 8th- century king of Franks, united much of Western Europe through military campaigns. He has been called the "king and father of Europe. Charlemagne was also a devoted dad to 18 children, and today most Europeans may be able to claim Charlemagne as their ancestor.
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Halsey Taylor invented the drinking fountain in 1912 as a tribute to his father, who succumbed to typhoid fever after drinking from a contaminated public waters supply in in 1896