James Naismith AKA James A. Naismith Born: 6-Nov-1861 Birthplace: Almonte, Ontario, Canada Died: 28-Nov-1939 Location of death: Lawrence, KS Cause of death: Cerebral Hemorrhage Remains: Buried, Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence, KS
Gender: Male Religion: Presbyterian Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Basketball Nationality: United States Executive summary: Inventor of Basketball Father: John Naismith Mother: Margaret Young (b. 1833) Sister: Annie Brother: Robbie Wife: Maude Sherman (m. 1894, d. 1937, three daughters, two sons) Daughter: Margaret Mason (b. 1895) Daughter: Helen Carolyn (b. 1897) Son: John Edwin (b. 1900) Daughter: Maude Ann (b. 1904) Son: James Sherman (b. 1913) Wife: Florence Kincade (m. 11-Jun-1939)
High School: Almonte High School, Almonte, Ontario (1883) University: BA Physical Education, McGill University Theological: LLD, Presbyterian College of Theology, Montreal (1890) University: Springfield College Professor: Springfield College (1891-95) Medical School: Medical School, University of Colorado (1898) Professor: University of Kansas (1898-1937)
Freemasonry Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity Young Men's Christian Association Canada's Sports Hall of Fame 1955 Basketball Hall of Fame 1959 College Basketball Hall of Fame 2006 Naturalized US Citizen 4-May-1925 Scottish Ancestry
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