FREEMAN John D. , a Representative from Mississippi; born in Cooperstown, N.Y., birth date unknown;
attended the common schools; moved to Mississippi and located in Grand Gulf; studied law;…
(Encyclopedia) Frobisher, Sir MartinFrobisher, Sir Martinfrōˈbĭshər [key], 1535?–1594, English mariner. He went to sea as a boy, and spent much of his youth in the African trade. He later gained the…
(Encyclopedia) Chalfie, Martin, 1947–, American biologist, b. Chicago, Ph.D. Harvard, 1977. In 1982 Chalfie joined the faculty at Columbia, where he is now the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of…
(Encyclopedia) Enciso, Martín Fernández deEnciso, Martín Fernández demärtēnˈ fĕrnänˈdāth dā ĕnthēˈsō [key], fl. 1509–19, Spanish conquistador and geographer. Commanding the supply ship for the colony…
FREEMAN Jonathan , a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Mansfield, Conn., March
21, 1745; attended the public schools; moved to New Hampshire in 1769 and
settled in Hanover; engaged in…
CLARKE Freeman , a Representative from New York; born in Troy, N.Y., March 22, 1809;
attended the common schools; went into business for himself at the age of
fifteen; began his financial career…
(Encyclopedia) Amis, Martin
Amis, Martin
āˈmĭs
[key], 1949–2023, English novelist; son of Kingsley Amis. The younger Amis, who turned from literary journalism to fiction, invites…
(Encyclopedia) Heidegger, MartinHeidegger, Martinmärˈtēn hīˈdĕger [key], 1889–1976, German philosopher. As a student at Freiburg, Heidegger was influenced by the neo-Kantianism of Heinrich Rickert…
One of the swallow tribe. Dies derives the word from St. Martin, but St. Martin's bird is the raven. Martin. The ape, in the tale of Reynard the Fox. Martin A jackass is so called…
(Encyclopedia) Karplus, Martin, 1930–, Austrian-American theoretical chemist, b. Vienna, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1953. He has been a professor at Harvard since 1967, studying the…
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