(Encyclopedia) Williams, Roger John, 1893–1988, American chemist, b. India, grad. Univ. of Redlands, Redlands, Calif. (B.S., 1914), Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1919; brother of the chemist Robert R.…
(Encyclopedia) Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872–1958, English composer, considered the outstanding composer of his generation in England. He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1894 and…
(Encyclopedia) Williams, William Carlos, 1883–1963, American poet and physician, b. Rutherford, N.J., educated in Geneva, Switzerland, Univ. of Pennsylvania (M.D., 1906), and Univ. of Leipzig, where…
(Encyclopedia) Williams, John, 1664–1729, American clergyman, b. Roxbury, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1683. In 1686 he became the first minister at Deerfield, Mass. During the great Native American…
(Encyclopedia) Williams, William, c.1710–c.1790, American painter, b. England. He probably led a seafaring life before settling (c.1747) in Philadelphia, where he was Benjamin West's first instructor…
Andy Warhol(Andrew Warhola)artist, film makerBorn: 8/6/1928(?)Birthplace: Pittsburgh,(?) Pennsylvania The consummate dispassionate observer and a founder of pop culture, Warhol made the Campbell Soup…
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Born: 4/21/1958
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Andy Garcia
(Andres Arturo Garcia-Menendez)actorBorn: 4/12/1956Birthplace: Havana, Cuba
Cuban-American actor whose smoldering good looks have helped establish him as a favorite Hollywood leading…
(Encyclopedia) Bridgman, Percy Williams, 1882–1961, American physicist, b. Cambridge, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1904; Ph.D., 1908). From 1910 he taught at Harvard, as professor from 1919. He won…
(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Abraham Valentine Williams, 1862–1937, American Orientalist, b. New York City. Teaching at Columbia (1895–1935), he was a great authority on ancient Persian religion, language…
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