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Stephen Etnier

Stephen Etnier, American lieutenant and painter (died 1984)

Born
September 11, 1903
Died
November 7, 1984
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1903

About Stephen Etnier

Stephen Morgan Etnier (September 11, 1903 – November 7, 1984) was an American realist painter, and an active painter for six decades. His work is distinguished by a mixture of realism and luminism, favoring industrial and working scenes, but always imbued with atmospheric light. Geographically, his career spanned the length of the eastern Atlantic and beyond. == Childhood and education == Stephen Etnier was born on September 11, 1903, in York, Pennsylvania. His grandfather was E. Morgan Smith, the founder of Vioth Hydro. He was raised in a privileged environment in Wyndham Estate (now Wyndham Hills, Pennsylvania). From 1915 to 1922 he attended the Haverford and Hill schools in Pennsylvania, and Roxbury Tutoring School in Connecticut. He transferring to Yale School of Art in December 1922, and matriculated into Yale University class of 1926. Re-entering Yale University he was later dismissed for poor grades. He entered Haverford College in 1924.

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The world when Stephen Etnier was born

Stephen Etnier was born in 1903. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1903

  • Top movieThe Great Train Robbery (first narrative film)
  • Best-selling book"Lady Rose's Daughter" – Mrs. Humphry Ward

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst World Series — Boston vs Pittsburgh
  • Top headlineWright brothers achieve first powered flight
  • Technology milestoneFirst powered airplane flight (12 seconds, 120 feet)
  • World population~1.63B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population80.4M

1903 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Stephen Etnier's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19032026
Population80.4M341 million

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