(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…
Jake LloydactorBorn: 3/5/1989 The young actor was virtually unknown until he burst on the scene with Episode I — The Phantom Menace, the first of three prequels to the Star Wars trilogy. In…
(Encyclopedia) Edward I, 1239–1307, king of England (1272–1307), son of and successor to Henry III.
Even more important than Edward's military exploits were the legal and constitutional…
(Encyclopedia) Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, 1796–1862, British colonial statesman. He was attached to the British embassies in Turin (1814–16) and Paris (1820–26), but in 1826 was convicted of an…
Christopher LloydactorBorn: 10/22/1938Birthplace: Stamford, Connecticut Emmy Award-winning television and film actor known for his roles as eccentric, spaced-out characters. He played former flower…
(Encyclopedia) Carson, Edward Henry Carson, Baron, 1854–1935, Irish politician. After a successful legal career in Dublin, he was elected to the British Parliament (1892) and called to the English…
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