Biography
Abraham Lincoln was born 14 August 1873 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States to Robert Todd Lincoln (1843-1926) and Mary Eunice Harlan (1846-1937) and died 5 March 1890 Kensington, Greater London, England, United Kingdom of sepsis.
At the age of 16, Jack was in Versailles to study French in preparation for an entrance examination for Harvard University. His family was in England while his father served as the last U.S. Minister to Great Britain, before the position was retitled "Ambassador". Jack fell ill with blood poisoning after infection set in following surgery in Paris to lance a carbuncle that had formed under his arm. He was moved from France to England on January 16, 1890, where his father wrote that he might be seen by the noted physician Thomas John MacLagan. A second surgery was performed on February 27, 1890, though it gave no relief and Jack died six days later at the family residence.
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