(Encyclopedia) Powell, Cecil Frank, 1903–69, British nuclear physicist, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1927. Powell joined the faculty at the Univ. of Bristol in 1927, was named Melville Wills Professor of Physics…
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Herbert FreudenbergerAge: 73 psychologist who coined the term “burnout.” The term burnout was first used in his 1974 book, Burnout: The High Cost of High Achievement, and is defined as “the…
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Senate Years of Service: 1905-1924
Party: Republican BRANDEGEE Frank Bosworth , a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in New London, Conn., July
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(Encyclopedia) Mott, Frank Luther, 1886–1964, American author and professor of journalism, b. near What Cheer, Iowa. He directed (1927–42) the school of journalism at the State Univ. of Iowa and was…
(Encyclopedia) Block, Herbert Lawrence, 1909–2001, American editorial cartoonist known as Herblock, b. Chicago. A superb stylist and generally a political liberal, Herblock began drawing cartoons (…
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