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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit On a brisk spring 12th to the 24th (resources are mixed) of May in 1686, a Mr. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit was brought into the sweet town of Danzig. Daniel did not grow up with both of his parents. His family members were merchants that moved from one city another. Fahrenheit's great-grandfather had loved in Rostock, although research suggests that the Fahrenheit family originated in Hildesheim. In 1650, Daniel's grandfather, Reinhold Fahrenheit vom Kneiphof moved from Kneiphof to Danzig and then stayed there as a merchant. Young Daniel's Father, Daniel Fhreneit married Concordia, daughter of famous Danzig business family of Schumann. Daniel Gabriel had five siblings that survived childhood. Some were lost
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