Joseph SobekAge: 79 inventor of racquetball; developed the sport while working in a rubber manufacturing plant in Bridgeport, Conn. in 1950; single-handedly promoted the sport and founded…
Joseph RotblatAge: 96 Polish-born physicist who began working on the Manhattan Project in 1944. He left the program after nine months as his misgivings about the atomic bomb intensified. He…
Joseph BarberaAge: 95 with William Hanna, the founder of legendary cartoon studio Hanna-Barbera. In 1940, the two teamed up to create the award-winning series of Tom and Jerry shorts at MGM.…
(Encyclopedia) Morny, Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, duc deMorny, Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, duc deshärl ōgüstˈ lwē zhôzĕfˈ dük də môrnēˈ [key], 1811–65, French statesman; illegitimate son of…
Joseph Farwell Gliddeninventor of barbed wireBorn: 1/18/1813Birthplace: Charlestown, N.H. Glidden grew up on his father's farms in New Hampshire and (later) New York State. In 1837 he married…
Senate Years of Service: 1859-1861
Party: Democrat LANE Joseph , a Delegate and a Senator from Oregon; born in Buncombe County, N.C.,
December 14, 1801; moved with his parents to Henderson, Ky…
(Encyclopedia) Biden, Joseph Robinette, Jr.Biden, Joseph Robinette, Jr.bīdˈən [key], 1942–, 46th President of the United States (2021–), b. Scranton, Pa. A lawyer and Democrat, he was elected to the…
GREEN William Joseph , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., June
24, 1938; attended St. Joseph's Prep School; B.A., St. Joseph's College, 1960;
attended Villanova Law…
STORY Joseph , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Marblehead, Mass., September 18,
1779; attended Marblehead Academy; was graduated from Harvard University in 1798; studied law;
was…
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