Alexander Hume Ford 1868–1945 Source: Wikimedia Commons About Alexander Hume Ford American author, playwright and surf promoter People from the Same Era Richard Knoller 1869–1926 engineer, university teacher Vienna François-Xavier Lesbre 1858–1942 anatomist, anthropologist, veterinarian Ébreuil Adelaide Steele Baylor 1860–1935 economist, writer Gerhard Husheer 1864–1954 tobacco grower Nobukazu Yōsai 1872–1944 painter, ukiyo-e artist Arthur Hutchinson 1866–1937 mineralogist