(Encyclopedia) Witteveen, H. Johannes (Hendrikus Johannes Witteveen), 1921–2019, Dutch economist and political leader. After receiving his doctorate from the Netherlands School of Economics (now…
(London). So named from the processions of knights from the Tower to Smithfield, where tournaments were held. Leigh Hunt says the name originated in a sign or some reference to the Heralds…
(Encyclopedia) Horvitz, H. Robert (Howard Robert Horivtz), 1947–, American geneticist, b. Chicago, Ill., Ph.D. Harvard, 1974. Horvitz has been a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology…
(Encyclopedia) Schwarzkopf, H. Norman (Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.), 1934–2012, U.S. army general, b. Trenton, N.J. He graduated from West Point (1956) and served two tours of duty in the Vietnam…
Senate Years of Service: 1825-1826
Party: Jacksonian CHAMBERS Henry H. , a Senator from Alabama; born near Kenbridge, Lunenburg County, Va., October 1, 1790; graduated from William and Mary College…
Derek H. R. BartonAge: 79 British scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1969. His discovery in chemical analysis was a key in research on new drugs and chemicals. Died: March 16,…
(Encyclopedia) Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh Auden)Auden, W. H.ôˈdən [key], 1907–73, Anglo-American poet, b. York, England, educated at Oxford. A versatile, vigorous, and technically skilled poet, Auden…
(Encyclopedia) Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis Mencken)Mencken, H. L.mĕngˈkən, mĕnˈ– [key], 1880–1956, American editor, author, and critic, b. Baltimore, studied at the Baltimore Polytechnic. Probably…
Senate Years of Service: 1962-1963
Party: Republican BOTTUM Joseph H. , a Senator from South Dakota; born in Faulkton, Faulk County, S.Dak.,
August 7, 1903; attended the public schools of Faulkton…
MILLER Daniel H. , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., birth date unknown;
elected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress; reelected as a Jacksonian to the…
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