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Frank Gilman Allen (1874-1950) —
also known as Frank G. Allen —
of Norwood, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., October
6, 1874.
Son of Frank Mitchell Allen and Abbie L. (Gilman) Allen.
Republican. Chairman of Winslow Brothers & Smith, leather and
wool
manufacturers; director of banks and
insurance
firms; trustee of Norwood Hospital;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1918-19; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1921-24; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1925-29; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1929-31; defeated, 1930; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Union
League.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
9, 1950 (age 76 years, 3
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Norwood, Mass.
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Harrison Henry Atwood (1863-1954) —
also known as Harrison H. Atwood —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in North Londonderry, Londonderry, Windham
County, Vt., August
26, 1863.
Son of Peter Clark Atwood and Helen Marion (Aldrich) Atwood.
Republican. Architect;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1887-89, 1915, 1917-18, 1923-24,
1927-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1888
(alternate), 1892,
1904,
1908
(alternate); member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1888-89; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1895-97;
defeated, 1892 (10th District), 1918 (12th District), 1920 (12th
District).
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
22, 1954 (age 91 years, 57
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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George A. Bacon (b. 1869) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.; Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Brimfield, Hampden
County, Mass., August
27, 1869.
Son of Albert S. Bacon and Cynthia (Leonard) Bacon.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1910-18; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916,
1920;
Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1917-18; Presidential Elector for
Massachusetts, 1924.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1902
to Mabel M. Sedgwick. |
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Robert Low Bacon (1884-1938) —
also known as Robert L. Bacon; "Prince
Charming" —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 23,
1884.
Son of Martha Waldron (Cowdin) Bacon and Robert
Bacon.
Republican. Banker;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1920;
U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1923-38; died in
office 1938.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Elks; Moose.
Died, of a heart
attack, at the state police barracks, Lake Success, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
12, 1938 (age 54 years, 51
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frank A. Brooks —
of Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Republican. Lumber
business; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 3rd District, 1935-36.
Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Bern Bruce (b. 1853) —
also known as Alexander B. Bruce —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born September
15, 1853.
Son of David Bruce and Jemima (Bern) Bruce.
Democrat. Merchant;
manufacturer;
mayor
of Lawrence, Mass., 1886-87; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1898; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1904.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin D. Burdick (1903-1987) —
also known as Ben Burdick —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., July 2,
1903.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948,
1956,
1960
(alternate); member of Wayne State
University board of governors; elected 1959; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1963-77; appointed 1963.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Congress; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
5, 1987 (age 84 years, 156
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Nelson Daniels (1849-1916) —
also known as Charles N. Daniels —
of Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Barre, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 2,
1849.
Son of Nelson Fitch Daniels and Alenda (Clark) Daniels.
Republican. Coal
and lumber
dealer; postmaster;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1900;
U.S. Consul in Sheffield, 1905-09; Sherbrooke, 1914-16; Connecticut
state auditor, 1908.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Southbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., December
17, 1916 (age 67 years, 168
days).
Interment at Old
Willimantic Cemetery, Windham, Conn.
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Roy Lynde Fernald (b. 1901) —
also known as Roy L. Fernald —
of Winterport, Waldo
County, Maine.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
9, 1901.
Son of Charles Walter Fernald and Hortense (Rankin) Fernald.
Member of Maine
state house of representatives from Waldo County (4th), 1931-32;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1932.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Grange; Delta
Theta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Mortimer Y. Ferris (b. 1881) —
of Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., March 29,
1881.
Son of Edward M. Ferris and Marion Eliza (Yale) Ferris.
Republican. Member of New York
state senate 33rd District, 1919-26; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1927-30; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1928;
chair
of Essex County Republican Party, 1930-39.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners; Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Erland Frederick Fish (b. 1883) —
also known as Erland F. Fish —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
7, 1883.
Son of Frederick P. Fish and Clara P. (Livermore) Fish.
Republican. Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes, 1908-09; major in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1920-24; member of Massachusetts
state senate Norfolk & Suffolk District, 1925-36; President
of the Massachusetts State Senate, 1933-34; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Elks; Exchange
Club.
Burial
location unknown.
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Matthew J. Fowler (b. 1879) —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in St. Catherines, Ontario,
May
31, 1879.
Son of Peter Fowler and Mary Fowler.
Republican. Optometrist;
president, Haverhill Cooperative Bank;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Tudor Gardiner (1892-1953) —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 12,
1892.
Son of Robert Hallowell Gardiner (died 1924) and Alice (Bangs)
Gardiner.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1925-26; Governor of
Maine, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1932;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; he and Gen. Maxwell
Taylor landed in Italy in 1943, before the American invasion,
traveled to Rome undetected, and held a conference with the Italian
High Command, obtaining information helpful to the Allies.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Union Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange; American Bar
Association.
Killed when his Beechcraft Bonanza airplane exploded in
midair, and crashed
in Schnecksville, Lehigh
County, Pa., August 2,
1953 (age 61 years, 51
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine.
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Alfred Calvin Gaunt (b. 1882) —
also known as Alfred C. Gaunt —
of Methuen, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April 30,
1882.
Son of Henry Gaunt and Mary Lyle (Weir) Gaunt.
Republican. Manufacturer;
president, Merrimac Mills; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1947-48; defeated, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Warren R. Gilmore (b. 1898) —
of Wrentham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Walpole, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
10, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Angier Louis Goodwin (1881-1975) —
also known as Angier L. Goodwin —
of Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Fairfield, Somerset
County, Maine, January
30, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Melrose, Mass., 1921-23; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1925-28; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Middlesex District, 1929-41; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1943-55;
defeated, 1954; member,
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1954-55.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Grange; Zeta Psi.
Died in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 20,
1975 (age 94 years, 141
days).
Interment at Wyoming
Cemetery, Melrose, Mass.
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James Owen Greenan (1888-c.1952) —
also known as J. O. Greenan —
of Mina, Mineral
County, Nev.; Tujunga, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., January
3, 1888.
Son of James Edward Greenan and Margaret A. (Galligan) Greenan.
Republican. Mining engineer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1940.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., about 1952 (age about 64
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph B. Grossman (b. 1892) —
of Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., July 15,
1892.
Republican. Building
materials merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1927-28; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 2nd District, 1933-36.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Grotto;
Shriners; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Lincoln Higgins (1867-1951) —
also known as William L. Higgins —
of Coventry, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Chesterfield, Hampshire
County, Mass., March 8,
1867.
Republican. Physician;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Coventry, 1905; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1909-12; secretary of
state of Connecticut, 1929-33; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1933-37; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1936.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks.
Died in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., November
19, 1951 (age 84 years, 256
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Chesterfield
Center Cemetery, Chesterfield, Mass.
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Philip Henderson Hoff (b. 1924) —
also known as Philip H. Hoff —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass., June 29,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1961-62; Governor of
Vermont, 1963-69; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1970.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners; Grange; Eagles; Moose.
Still living as of 2009.
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Pehr Gustaf Holmes (1881-1952) —
also known as Pehr G. Holmes —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Sweden,
April
9, 1881.
Republican. Manufacturer;
mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1917-19; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 7th District, 1925-28; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1931-47;
defeated, 1946.
Congregationalist.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Elks; Rotary.
Died in Venice, Sarasota
County, Fla., December
19, 1952 (age 71 years, 254
days).
Interment at Old
Swedish Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Charles Pagelsen Howard (1887-1967) —
also known as Charles P. Howard —
of Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Tewksbury, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
26, 1887.
Son of Herbert Burr Howard and Emily (Pagelsen) Howard.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1923-25; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1924
(alternate), 1928;
president, Blackstone Savings
Bank, Boston, 1940-42; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Political Science Association; Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners; Rotary.
Died in 1967
(age about
79 years).
Interment somewhere
in Reading, Mass.
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Eben S. S. Keith (b. 1872) —
of Sagamore, Bourne, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Sagamore, Bourne, Barnstable
County, Mass., October
24, 1872.
Son of Isaac M. Keith and Eliza F. (Smith) Keith.
Republican. Railway car
builder; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1907-08; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1908,
1916
(alternate), 1920,
1924.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Leslie E. Knox (b. 1891) —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., August
13, 1891.
Son of Walter Harvey Knox and Helen Louisa (Boyd) Knox.
Republican. Insurance
business; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Somerville, Mass., 1936-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Order of the
Eastern Star; Moose; Elks; Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, May 23,
1917, to Jean Elizabeth Follett. |
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Louis Burt Mayer (1884-1957) —
also known as Louis B. Mayer; Lazar Meir —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.; Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Dymer, Russia (now Ukraine),
July
12, 1884.
Son of Jacob Mayer and Sarah (Meltzer) Mayer.
Republican. Owned movie
theaters in New England; moved into the movie
production business starting in 1916; head of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) movie
studio, 1924-51; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1928,
1932;
vice-chair
of California Republican Party, 1931-32; California
Republican state chair, 1932-33.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of leukemia
and a kidney
infection, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
29, 1957 (age 73 years, 109
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Home
of Peace Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Mayer and Sarah (Meltzer) Mayer; married, June 14,
1903, to Margaret Shenberg (divorced 1944) and Margaret
Shenberg (1883-1955); married, December
4, 1948, to Lorena L. Danker; father of Irene Gladys Mayer
(1907-1990; who married David
Oliver Selznick) and Edith 'Edie' Mayer (who married William
Goetz). See Mayer
family of California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Dore
Schary |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Louis B. Mayer: Charles
Higham, Merchant
of Dreams: Louis B. Mayer, MGM, and the Secret
Hollywood — Gary Carey, All
the stars in heaven : Louis B. Mayer's MGM — Diana
Altman, Hollywood
East: Louis B. Mayer and the Origins of the Studio
System — Charles Higham, The
Merchant of Dreams: A Biography of Louis B. Mayer |
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Alton Lombard Miller (b. 1890) —
also known as Alton L. Miller —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 10,
1890.
Son of Charles Nahum Miller and Lula E. (Lombard) Miller.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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George G. Moyse (b. 1878) —
of Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Canada,
December
21, 1878.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1920-24; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fifth Middlesex District, 1925-36.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Malcolm E. Nichols (1876-1951) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 8,
1876.
Son of Edwin T. Nichols and Helen J. G. (Pingree) Nichols.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1907-09; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1914, 1917-19; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1926-29; defeated, 1933, 1937, 1941.
Swedenborgian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
7, 1951 (age 74 years, 275
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Fred H. Purches (b. 1881) —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
5, 1881.
Republican. Insurance
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners; Elks; Eagles; Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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Silas F. Taylor —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Danville,
Va.
Democrat. Druggist;
member of Massachusetts
Democratic State Committee, 1928-48; Presidential Elector for
Massachusetts, 1940,
1944,
1948;
defeated, 1956;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Burton Kendall Wheeler (1882-1975) —
also known as Burton K. Wheeler —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Hudson, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
27, 1882.
Lawyer;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1911-13; U.S.
Attorney for Montana, 1913-18; U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1923-47; candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1920; Progressive candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1924; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Montana, 1932,
1936,
1940.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks.
Died, from a stroke, in
1975
(age about
93 years).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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