(Encyclopedia) Bax, Sir Arnold Edward Trevor, 1883–1953, English composer, studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London. His early works, in an elaborately chromatic style, did not find great favor…
(Encyclopedia) Jerrold, Douglas WilliamJerrold, Douglas Williamjĕrˈəld [key], 1803–57, English humorist and playwright. His plays Blackeyed Susan (1829) and Time Works Wonders (1845) were highly…
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Senate Years of Service: 1853-1854
Party: Whig EVERETT Edward , a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Dorchester, Mass., April 11, 1794; graduated from Harvard University in…
At GibraltarGeorge Edward WoodberryIEngland, I stand on thy imperial ground,
Not all a stranger; as thy bugles blow,
I feel within my blood old battles flow —
The blood whose ancient founts…
Senate Years of Service: 1829-1831
Party: Jacksonian LIVINGSTON Edward , a Representative from New York and a Representative and a Senator from
Louisiana; born in Clermont, Livingston Manor, N.Y…
(Encyclopedia) Pickett, George Edward, 1825–75, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. Richmond, Va. After distinguishing himself in the Mexican War (especially at Chapultepec), Pickett…
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Senate Years of Service: 1972-1972
Party: Democrat EDWARDS Elaine Schwartzenburg , a Senator from Louisiana; born Elaine Lucille Schwartzenburg in Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, La., March 8, 1929;…
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