Bayes Norton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bayes Norton

American athletics competitor (1903-1967)

Date of Birth: 23-Sep-1903

Place of Birth: Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 21-Oct-1967

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Bayes Marshall Norton (September 23, 1903 – October 21, 1967) was an American sprint runner.
In 1924 he finished second in the 200 m at the U.S.
Olympic Trials and fifth at the 1924 Olympic Games.
He won a Rhodes Scholarship and in the late 1920s ran for the University of Oxford.
He later became a professor of chemistry at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio.
As a government consultant he contributed to the Manhattan Project and to Rockets, Guns and Targets, an official U.S.
Government history book on science during World War II.