fathered
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Edgeworth’s interest in economics began with her father, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, a charismatic inventor and landowner who married four times and fathered 22 surviving children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
He’d dedicated the last 25 years to construction, during which he fathered three daughters and set roots in Compton.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
It also delves into his personal life, including his difficult childhood and the 14 known children he has fathered with a series of women.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The safari park lost its previous bull Thorn, who fathered 29 calves over the course of his life, in 2024.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Uncle Sigmund married, fathered two daughters, and eventually owned a small grocery store until his retirement.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
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