(Encyclopedia) Teagarden, Jack (Weldon Leo Teagarden), 1905–64, American jazz trombonist and singer, b. Vernon, Tex. One of the earliest white bluesmen, he came from a jazz-playing family and was…
(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Jack (Jackson Northman Anderson), 1922–2005, American newspaper columnist, b. Long Beach, Calif. After serving as a Mormon missionary (1941–44) and a term as a war…
(Encyclopedia) Lynch, Jack (John Mary Lynch), 1917–99, Irish statesman. Before he embarked on his political career, he gained nationwide fame as an athlete, captaining several winning hurling teams…
(Encyclopedia) Beeson, Jack, 1921–2010, American composer, b. Muncie, Ind. Beeson studied at the Eastman School of Music and privately in New York with Béla Bartók. Teaching at Columbia from 1945, he…
(Encyclopedia) Keats, Ezra Jack, 1916–83, American author and illustrator of children's books, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Jacob Ezra Katz. During the Great Depression, he painted murals for the Works…
(Encyclopedia) Kirby, Jack, 1917–94, American comic-book artist famous for the strongly drawn, brilliantly colored, and surprisingly human superheroes and villains he created or co-created, b. New…
HAMMOND Robert Hanna , a Representative from Pennsylvania;
born in Milton, Northumberland County, Pa., April 28, 1791;
attended the academies at Milton;
engaged in mercantile pursuits;
member of…
HANNA Richard Thomas , a Representative from California; born in Kemmerer, Lincoln County,
Wyo., June 9, 1914; graduated from Pasadena Junior College, Pasadena, Calif.;
B.A., University of…
HANNA John Andre , a Representative from Pennsylvania;
born in Flemington, Hunterdon County, N.J., in 1762;
received a classical education;
was graduated from Princeton College in 1782;
studied…
HANNA Louis Benjamin , a Representative from North Dakota; born in New Brighton, Beaver
County, Pa., August 9, 1861; attended the common schools of Ohio,
Massachusetts, and New York; moved to…
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