(Encyclopedia) Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867–1959, American architect, b. Richland Center, Wis., as Frank Lincoln Wright; he changed his name to honor his mother's family (the Lloyd Joneses). Wright is…
(Encyclopedia) Breck, James Lloyd, 1818–76, American Episcopal clergyman and missionary, b. Philadelphia. In 1841 he established a seminary at Nashotah, Wis., with which he was connected until 1850,…
(Encyclopedia) Shapley, Lloyd StowellShapley, Lloyd Stowellshăpˈlē [key], 1923–2016, American mathematician and economist, b. Cambridge, Mass., Ph.D Princeton, 1953; son of Harlow Shapley. He worked…
(Encyclopedia) Morgan, Conwy Lloyd, 1852–1936, English psychologist. Professor of zoology at University College, Bristol (1887–1909), he served as first vice chancellor of the Univ. of Bristol (1909–…
Earl Lloyd
Born: April 28, 1928
Birthplace: Alexandria, Va.
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On Oct. 30, 1950, Earl Lloyd became the first African-American to play in a National Basketball Association…
(Encyclopedia) Stephens, John Lloyd, 1805–52, American author and traveler, b. Shrewsbury, N.J., grad. Columbia College, 1822. His travels (1834–36) in Europe, the Middle East, and Central America…
(Encyclopedia) Warner, William Lloyd, 1898–1970, U.S. social anthropologist, b. Redlands, Calif., B.A., Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1925. After studying the Australian aborigines (1927–29), he…
An association of underwriters, for marine insurances. So called because the society removed in 1716 from Cornhill to a coffee-house in Lombard Street kept by a man named Lloyd. Source:…
Lloyd Nolanactor Born: 8/11/1902Birthplace: San Francisco, California Lloyd Nolan was most famous for his role as the curmudgeonly Doctor Morton Chegley in the Diahann Carroll situation comedy Julia…
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