About Wesley Wait
Lived 1861 – 1949 (aged 88). Wesley Wait was an American dentist and inventor.
Wesley Wait (May 15, 1861 – July 16, 1949) was an American inventor, author, dental surgeon, and florist.
Biography Wesley Wait was born in Montgomery, New York on May 15, 1861. He graduated from the New York College of Dentistry in 1884, and in 1885 married Emily Smith Rawlins, daughter of the Civil War general John Aaron Rawlins. She died on March 25, 1897, and in 1905 he remarried to Annie E. Knapp.
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Who was Wesley Wait?
American dentist and inventor (1861–1949)
When was Wesley Wait born?
Wesley Wait was born on 15 May 1861 in Montgomery.
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Wesley Wait died on 16 July 1949 in Newburgh.
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Wesley Wait was a dentist and inventor.
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Wesley Wait was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Wesley Wait. https://biography.guide/wesley-wait/
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