Jessica LangeactressBorn: 4/20/1949Birthplace: Cloquet, Minnesota Academy Award-winning film, television and stage actress who began to blossom in the early 80s with her roles in Tootsie (1982) and…
(Encyclopedia) brown dwarf, in astronomy, celestial body that is larger than a planet but does not have sufficient mass to convert hydrogen into helium via nuclear fusion as stars do. Also called “…
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(Encyclopedia) Brown, Moses, 1738–1836, American manufacturer and philanthropist, b. Providence, R.I. He was associated with his brothers John, Joseph, and Nicholas in the family's mercantile…
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FINDLAY James , a Representative from Ohio; born in Mercersburg, Franklin County,
Pa., October 12, 1770; attended the public schools; moved to Cincinnati, Ohio,
in 1793; studied law; was admitted…
FINDLAY John , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pa.,
March 31, 1766; received a limited schooling; prothonotary 1809-1821; served as captain in the
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(Encyclopedia) Brown, Jerry (Edmund Gerald Brown, Jr.), 1938–, American political leader, b. San Francisco. The son of Edmund Gerald (Pat) Brown (1905–96), governor of California (1959–67), Brown…
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