(Encyclopedia) Weston, Edward, 1886–1958, American photographer, b. Highland Park, Ill. Weston began to make photographs in Chicago parks in 1902, and his works were first exhibited in 1903 at the…
WALDO Loren Pinckney , a Representative from Connecticut;
born in Canterbury, Conn., February 2, 1802;
attended the common schools;
taught school;
engaged in agricultural pursuits;
moved to…
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(Encyclopedia) Lessing, Doris, 1919–2013, British novelist, b. Kermanshah, Persia (now Iran) as Doris May Tayler. Largely self-educated, she was brought up on a farm in Southern Rhodesia (now…
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STRONG William , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Somers, Conn., May 6, 1808; attended
Munson Academy, Massachusetts, and was graduated from Yale College in 1828; taught school in…
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born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 14, 1896;
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KELLY Edna Flannery , a Representative from New York; born Edna Patricia Flannery, in East
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