(Encyclopedia) Lowell, James Russell, 1819–91, American poet, critic, and editor, b. Cambridge, Mass. He was influential in revitalizing the intellectual life of New England in the mid-19th cent.…
(Encyclopedia) Jones, Bill T. (William Tass Jones), 1952–, American dancer and choreographer, b. Bunnell, Fla. A gay African American who has experienced dual prejudices, he has often brilliantly…
HASKELL William T. , a Representative from Tennessee; born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tenn.,
July 21, 1818; privately tutored; attended the public schools of Murfreesboro, Tenn.;…
(Encyclopedia) David, T. W. E. (Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth), 1858–1935, Australian geologist and explorer, b. near Cardiff, Wales. David came to Australia in 1882 as an assistant geological…
RUTHERFORD J. T. , a Representative from Texas; born in Hot Springs, Ark., May 30,
1921; moved to Odessa, Tex., in 1934 and attended the public schools; served as
an enlisted man in the United…
(Encyclopedia) Gide, CharlesGide, Charlesshärl [key]Gide, Charles zhēd [key], 1847–1932, French economist. A professor at the universities of Bordeaux, Montpellier, and Paris, Gide was an expert on…
SAGE Russell , a Representative from New York; born in Shenandoah, Oneida County, N.Y.,
August 4, 1816; moved with his parents to Durhamville in 1818; attended the public schools; engaged
in…
(Encyclopedia) Burchfield, Charles (Charles Ephraim Burchfield), 1893–1967, American painter, b. Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio, studied Cleveland School of Art. Living at first in Ohio, then moving (1921)…
(Encyclopedia) Garnier, Charles (Saint Charles Garnier)Garnier, Charlesshärl gärnyāˈ [key], 1606–49, French missionary in North America, one of the Jesuit Martyrs of North America. He entered the…
