Henry BrownAge: 93 chemist who discovered that sulfurous organic compounds served as brightening agents to help chrome retain its shininess.Died: Palo Alto, Calif., March 15, 2001 Caro…
Henry TaubeAge: 89 inorganic chemist who won a Nobel Prize in 1983 for his studies on how electrons move between molecules during chemical reactions. Died: Palo Alto, Calif., Nov. 16,…
Henry Cecil Ransom McBaychemistBorn: 5/29/1914Birthplace: Mexia, Tex. Initially planning to enter medical school, Henry McBay decided instead to study chemistry, earning a B.S. degree in 1934…
Henry FarrellAge: 85 pulp novelist and screenwriter whose melodramatic works include the book Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, which was adapted for film, and the screenplay for Hush Hush,…
Henry Charles Careyeconomist, publisherBorn: 12/15/1793Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pa. Having foregone college to get an early start in his father's publishing business, he became a partner by…
Henry Morrison Flaglercapitalist, philanthropistBorn: 1/2/1830Birthplace: Hopewell, N.Y. After modest success in the grain business, in 1865 he joined John D. Rockefeller in the oil business…
Henry W. KendallAge: 72 Nobel-winning physicist who helped discover that protons and neutrons, formerly thought to be the basic building blocks of matter, are made up of quarks. Firmly…
Henry GrunwaldAge: 82 Austrian-born journalist and diplomat who presided over TIME magazine as its managing editor from 1968 to 1979. He then became the editor in chief of TIME Inc. Under his…
(Encyclopedia) Ashley, William Henry, c.1778–1838, American fur trader and politician, b. Virginia. In 1820 he was elected lieutenant governor of Missouri. He sent fur-trading expeditions up the…
(Encyclopedia) Lane, James Henry, 1814–66, American politician, called the “liberator of Kansas.” He was probably born in Lawrenceburg, Ind., where he practiced law. Lane commanded an Indiana…
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