query: When was Mahlon Loomis born?
passage: Mahlon Loomis
Mahlon Loomis (21 July 1826 – 13 October 1886) was an American dentist and inventor. He is best known for promoting the idea that the Earth's upper atmosphere was divided into discrete concentric layers, and these layers could be tapped by metallic conductors on hills and mountain tops, in order to provide long-distance wireless telegraph and telephone communication, as well as draw electricity down to the Earth's surface.
passage: Jon Loomis
Jon Loomis (born 1959) is an American poet and writer. He is a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. "Vanitas Motel" (1998), his first book of poetry, won the 1997 annual FIELD prize in poetry. He is also the author of the Frank Coffin mysteries set in Provincetown, MA, "High Season" (2007) and "Mating Season" (2009), both from St. Martin's Minotaur. The third book in the series, "Fire Season", was released on July 17, 2012.