DISTRIBUTION OF AMERICAN GENIUS 



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mother of American greatness, it apparently is not due to the presence 

 of a large percentage of urban population. The facts showing urban 

 and rural population point in no conclusive direction. 



Table VI 



Ratio between the Number op Eminent Persons born in Certain Cities and 



the Population op those Cities 



To guard against the objection that the supremacy of New England 

 was due to the inclusion of an undue number of preachers and school 

 teachers in the " Who's Who " figures, an analysis was prepared of the 

 statistics by professions. The 10,000 persons are divided rather evenly 

 over the different professions, with the two exceptions of educators and 

 lawyers. Table VII. contains the figures for the professions at large. 



Table VII 

 Number and Per Cent, op Eminent Persons who were in Certain 



Professions 



Per Cent. 

 Profession Number of Total 



Educators 1,932 19.3 



Lawyers 1,354 13.6 



Business men 998 9.9 



Public office holders (except Army and Navy). 916 9.2 



Authors 908 9.1 



Clergymen 732 7.3 



Doctors 619 6.2 



Scientists 614 6.1 



Journalists 595 6.0 



Army and Navy 430 4.3 



Miscellaneous 902 9.0 



Total 10,000 100.0 



