More a Fortean icon than a Fortean per se.
Albert Cushing Crehore belonged to the same generation as Charles Fort. He was born 8 June 1868 in Cleveland, Ohio to John and Lucy Crehore (née Williams). They had met when Lucy was a student in John’s high school class. The family was well-off, John—who had come from New Hampshire, and whose line could be traced back in America to 1640—owned property worth $15,000 in 1870 and Lucy—born in Ohio—was worth $10,000. Albert was the third of four children; in addition, the four others lived with the family, including two who were likely family members; all but one of those four worked as domestic servants, the sole exception being a woman in her 80s. His father passed when he was sixteen years old. During high school, Cushing decided to follow his father in the sciences. There is no extant census for 1890, but we do know that Crehore graduated from Yale University in that year, further testifying to the family’s wealth. Degree in hand, Cushing then went on to Johns Hopkins, where he studied electrical engineering for a year.
Albert Cushing Crehore belonged to the same generation as Charles Fort. He was born 8 June 1868 in Cleveland, Ohio to John and Lucy Crehore (née Williams). They had met when Lucy was a student in John’s high school class. The family was well-off, John—who had come from New Hampshire, and whose line could be traced back in America to 1640—owned property worth $15,000 in 1870 and Lucy—born in Ohio—was worth $10,000. Albert was the third of four children; in addition, the four others lived with the family, including two who were likely family members; all but one of those four worked as domestic servants, the sole exception being a woman in her 80s. His father passed when he was sixteen years old. During high school, Cushing decided to follow his father in the sciences. There is no extant census for 1890, but we do know that Crehore graduated from Yale University in that year, further testifying to the family’s wealth. Degree in hand, Cushing then went on to Johns Hopkins, where he studied electrical engineering for a year.