Ebby thatcher biography samples

          Ebby's full name was Edwin Throckmorton Thacher and he can be said to have arrived in the world with “a silver spoon in his mouth.” It is possible that because....

          The pre-history of AA told by two of the people who were part of the most important events; Ebby Thatcher, the man who brought the message to Bill W. tells.

        1. The pre-history of AA told by two of the people who were part of the most important events; Ebby Thatcher, the man who brought the message to Bill W. tells.
        2. On a chill November afternoon in it was Ebby who had brought me the message that saved my life.
        3. Ebby's full name was Edwin Throckmorton Thacher and he can be said to have arrived in the world with “a silver spoon in his mouth.” It is possible that because.
        4. In , Ebby Thatcher called an old drinking buddy to tell him about the happiness he was finding in sobriety.
        5. In , Ebby Thatcher called an old drinking buddy to tell him about the happiness he was finding in sobriety.

          6. Ebby Thacher

          American alcoholic

          Edwin Throckmorton Thacher (29 April 1896 – 21 March 1966) (commonly known as Ebby Thacher or Ebby T.) was an old drinking friend and later the sponsor of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson.

          He is credited with introducing Wilson to the initial principles that AA would soon develop, such as "one alcoholic talking to another," and the Jungian thesis which was passed along to Rowland Hazard and, in turn, to Thacher that alcoholics could recover by a "genuine conversion".[1]

          Early

          Edwin Throckmorton Thacher was born April 29, 1896, in Albany, New York, the last of seven children born to Emma Louise (Bennett) and George Hornell Thacher II.[2] His grandfather, George Hornell Thacher, was founder/owner of Thacher Car Works, vice-president of the Albany City National Bank,[3][4] and Albany mayor 1860-2/1870-4.

          Edwin's uncle, John Boyd Thacher, also served in the New York State Senate and as mayor