▁Category : 1 st - century ▁writers ▁Category : R oman - era ▁sat ir ists ▁Category : P et ron ii ▁Category : M ale ▁suic ides ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Marse ille <0x0A> </s> ▁William ▁T . ▁K ane ▁( Se ptember ▁ 8 , ▁ 1 9 3 2 ▁– ▁September ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 ) ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁J ama ica , ▁New ▁York ▁to ▁J . T . K ane , ▁a ▁doctor ▁and ▁Maj orie ▁L ill ian ( née . ▁Davis ) ▁formerly ▁of ▁London , ▁England . ▁He ▁held ▁pat ents ▁in ▁cry stal log raph y ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁Phys ic ist ▁for ▁Cor ning ▁G lass ware ▁in ▁Cor ning , ▁New ▁York . ▁His ▁dis sert ation ▁for ▁a ▁Ph . D . ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Missouri ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁X - R ay ▁cry stal log raph y , ▁Bi om ole cular ▁Str ucture ▁Det erm ination ▁Method s ▁and ▁heat - sens ing ▁develop ments ▁in ▁technology . ▁At ▁Cor ning ▁he ▁helped ▁set ▁international ▁standards ▁for ▁the ▁science ▁of ▁F iber - Opt ics ▁as ▁used ▁in ▁communication . ▁ ▁Education ▁and ▁Career ▁ ▁He ▁attended ▁the ▁university ▁of ▁Colorado ▁in ▁B ould er ▁where ▁he ▁studied ▁Ge ology , ▁publishing ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 ▁a ▁paper ▁on ▁Sed iment ▁Size ▁Analysis ▁which ▁calculated ▁text ual ▁parameters ▁using ▁Fort ran ;