Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover was born in a Quaker village in Iowa on August 10, 1874. ... Hoover became “The Great Engineer” for his innovations in mining throughout the world. ... While they were in China in June 1900, The Boxer Rebellion started and Herbert and Lou helped out in the hospitals and anywhere else they were needed. Hoover then settled in London just before Germany declared war on France and was then asked to help stranded tourists. ... Next Hoover turned to a far more difficult task, to feed Belgium, which had been overrun by the German army.