Facts:   - death place: wellesley , massachusetts    - successor: leopold morse    - party: democratic    - death date: june 2 , 1891 -lrb- aged 56 -rrb-    - predecessor: rufus s. frost    - restingplace: st. mary 's church cemetery      - district: 4th    - term end: march 3 , 1877    - term start: july 28 , 1876    - state: massachusetts    - name: josiah gardner abbott    - birth date: november 1 , 1814    - image: josiah gardner abbott - brady-handy . jpg    - birth place: chelmsford , massachusetts    - alma mater: harvard university , williams college   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of josiah gardner abbott .
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Answer: josiah gardner abbott -lrb- november 1 , 1814 -- june 2 , 1891 -rrb- was an american politician who served in the massachusetts general court and as a member of the united states house of representatives from massachusetts .abbott was born in chelmsford , middlesex county , massachusetts , and attended the chelmsford academy in concord .he graduated from harvard university in 1832 with an ll.d .degree , and then attended williams college in williamstown .following his schooling , abbott worked as a teacher and a lawyer , then became a member of the massachusetts house of representatives in 1836 and a member of the massachusetts state senate from 1841 to 1842 .he was an aide to governor marcus morton in 1843 .from 1850 to 1855 he was a master in chancery .he also served as a member of the massachusetts state constitutional convention , justice of the superior court for suffolk county , an overseer of harvard university , and several times was the unsuccessful democratic candidate for united states senator .in 1860 , abbott declined an appointment to the massachusetts supreme judicial court , and in 1861 declined the democratic nomination for state attorney general .he finally was victorious as a democratic candidate for the united states house of representatives , and served from july 28 , 1876 to march 3 , 1877 .he was a member of the electoral commission created by the act of congress approved january 29 , 1877 , to decide the presidential election of 1876 .upon leaving the congress , he returned to the practice of law .he died in wellesley hills , and was interred in st. mary 's church cemetery , in nearby newton lower falls , massachusetts .


Facts:   - name: ardis e. parshall     Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ardis e. parshall .
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Answer: ardis e. parshall is a historian , freelance researcher specializing in mormon history , a blogger and a columnist for the `` salt lake tribune '' .her history blog is `` keepapitchinin '' .parshall co-edited with paul reeve '' , '' published in 2010 by abc-clio .


Facts:   - known for: cobb -- douglas function    - fields: mathematics economics    - death date: 1949    - workplaces: amherst college    - doctoral advisor: walter burton ford      - birth date: 1875    - name: charles w. cobb    - nationality: american    - alma mater: university of michigan   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of charles cobb -lrb- economist -rrb- .
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charles wiggins cobb -lrb- 1875 -- 1949 -rrb- was an american mathematician and economist and a 1912 ph.d. graduate of the university of michigan .he published many works on both subjects , however he is most famous for developing the cobb -- douglas production function in economics .he worked on this project with the economist paul h. douglas while lecturing at amherst college in massachusetts .in 1928 , charles cobb and paul douglas published a study in which they modeled the growth of the american economy during the period 1899-1922 .they considered a simplified view of the economy in which production of output is determined by the amount of labor involved and the amount of capital used .while there are many other factors affecting economic performance , their model proved to be remarkably accurate .he also authored a number of books and pamphlets in his time including , ` the asymptotic development for a certain integral function of zero order , ' in 1913 , while working to attain his doctorate in mathematics .