My thanks to Brian B Comley for letting me know about the Coal Mining History Resource Centre. They are recruiting a Manager of Membership, a Development Assistant, and a part-time Sales Assistant. If you have an interest in any of these positions, visit the Web site . In last week s newsletter I wrote about Screamin Jay Hawkins, a rock singer who fathered about 75 children. While 75 seems like a large number, it certainly is not a record.
History books are full of examples of men who fathered hundreds of children.
One example that I found interesting was that of French painter Paul Gaugin. While in Tahiti last week, I toured the Gaugin Museum and learned quite a bit about his life. Paul Gaugin was born in 1848 to a liberal middle-class family. In his early years he became a successful Parisian stockbroker and dabbled at painting. In 1883 he abandoned his financial career to devote himself to his painting.