BARRY William Bernard , a Representative from New York; born in County Mayo, Ireland, July 21, 1902;
immigrated to the United States in 1907 with his parents, who settled in Queens County, N.Y.;…
(Encyclopedia) Barry, John, 1745–1803, U.S. naval officer in the American Revolution, b. Co. Wexford, Ireland. He went as a youth to Philadelphia, where he was a trader and a shipmaster. In the…
Senate Years of Service: 1815-1816
Party: Democratic Republican BARRY William Taylor , a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky; born near Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Va., February 5, 1784;…
GROVE William Barry , a Representative from North Carolina; born in Fayetteville,
Cumberland County, N.C., January 15, 1764; studied law; was admitted to the bar
and practiced; member of the State…
(Encyclopedia) Williams, Eric, 1911–81, prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1961–81). He attended Oxford and taught at Howard Univ. in Washington, D.C. (1939–53). Returning to Trinidad, he founded…
(Encyclopedia) Williams, Sir George, 1821–1905, English merchant. A vigorous advocate of temperance and an opponent of gambling and tobacco, Williams founded the Young Men's Christian Association in…
(Encyclopedia) Goldwater, Barry Morris, 1909–98, U.S. senator (1953–65, 1969–87), b. Phoenix, Ariz. He studied at the Univ. of Arizona, but left in 1929 to enter his family's department-store…
(Encyclopedia) Williams, Jody, 1950–, American social activist, b. Putney, Vt., grad. Univ. of Vermont (B.A., 1972), School for International Training, Brattleboro, Vt. (M.A., 1976), Johns Hopkins (M…
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