(Encyclopedia) Mozart, Wolfgang AmadeusMozart, Wolfgang Amadeusmōtˈsärt, Ger. vôlfˈgäng ämädāˈ&oobreve;s mōˈtsärt [key], 1756–91, Austrian composer, b. Salzburg. Mozart represents one of the…
(Encyclopedia) Levine, David, 1926–2009, American caricaturist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., studied Pratt Institute, Tyler School of Art, Temple Univ., Philadelphia, and Eighth Street School of New York.…
(Encyclopedia) Carlotta, Span. CarlotaCarlotta,kärlōˈtä [key], 1840–1927, empress of Mexico, daughter of Leopold I of Belgium, christened Marie Charlotte Amélie. She married (1857) Maximilian,…
(Encyclopedia) Berlin, Conference of, 1884–85, international meeting aimed at settling the problems connected with European colonies in Africa. At the invitation of the German chancellor Otto von…
(Encyclopedia) Gibbons, James, 1834–1921, American churchman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic church, b. Baltimore. Ordained in 1861, he became secretary to the archbishop of Baltimore in 1865, vicar…
(Encyclopedia) Cheever, John, 1912–82, American author, b. Quincy, Mass. His expulsion from Thayer Academy was the subject of his first short story, published by the New Republic when he was 17. Many…
(Encyclopedia) Ammons, A. R. (Archie Randolph Ammons), 1926–2001, American poet, b. Whiteville, N.C., grad. Wake Forest College (1949). He began writing poetry while serving in the Navy during World…
Robert Hutchings Goddard
Born: 1882
Birthplace: Worcester, Mass.
Control mechanism for rocket apparatus—Goddard launched the first liquid-fuel rocket in 1926. Other rocket design developments…
