Ernest GrossAge: 92 influential American diplomat and lawyer. He held key positions in the State Department and the U.N. during the Cold War and took significant actions against genocide and…
(Encyclopedia) Gipson, Lawrence HenryGipson, Lawrence Henrygĭpˈsən [key], 1880–1971, American historian, b. Greeley, Colo. A Rhodes scholar, he received his Ph.D. from Yale in 1918 and taught at…
Ernest HemingwaynovelistBorn: 7/21/1899Birthplace: Oak Park, Illinois Nobel Prize-winning novelist and short-story writer considered spokesman of the “lost generation.” His works, which…
Ernest Borgnine(Ermes Effron Borgnine)actorBorn: 1/24/1917Birthplace: Hamden, Connecticut A heavy-set veteran character actor with more than 70 movies to his credit, he earned acclaim as the lonely…
(Encyclopedia) Thompson, Guy Lawrence, 1897–1970, English surgeon, writer, and naturalist, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, he wrote Eric and Joan (…
Ernest Everett Justbiologist, educatorBorn: 8/14/1883Birthplace: Charleston, S.C. Although he was born in the segregated conditions of the South, Ernest Everett Just became one of the most…
(Encyclopedia) King, Ernest Joseph, 1878–1956, American admiral, commander in chief of the U.S. fleet (1941–45), b. Lorain, Ohio. A graduate of Annapolis, he distinguished himself in many branches of…
(Encyclopedia) Lawrence, James, 1781–1813, American naval hero, b. Burlington, N.J. He entered the navy in 1798 and saw his first important service in the Tripolitan War. In the War of 1812, as…
(Encyclopedia) Lawrence, Sir Thomas, 1769–1830, English portrait painter, b. Bristol. He began to draw when very young and developed extraordinary talents as a draftsman; though he studied briefly at…
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