DE MUTH Peter Joseph , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Pa., January 1, 1892;
attended the public schools; B.S., Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa.; was a…
(Encyclopedia) Apraksin, Feodor MatveyevichApraksin, Feodor Matveyevichfyôˈdər mətvyāˈəvĭch əpräkˈsyĭn [key], 1671–1728, Russian admiral. He helped Peter I (Peter the Great) create the Russian navy…
FRELINGHUYSEN Peter Hood Ballantine, Jr. , a Representative from New Jersey; born in New York City January 17,
1916; attended St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass.; graduated from Princeton…
MACK Peter Francis, Jr. , a Representative from Illinois; born in Carlinville, Macoupin
County, Ill., November 1, 1916; attended the public schools and Blackburn
College in Carlinville, Ill., and…
(Encyclopedia) Henry II or Henry of TrastámaraHenry IItrăstəmărˈə [key], 1333?–1379, Spanish king of Castile and León (1369–79), illegitimate son of Alfonso XI. After taking part in several…
(Encyclopedia) Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577–1640, foremost Flemish painter of the 17th cent., b. Siegen, Westphalia, where his family had gone into exile because of his father's Calvinist beliefs.…
RODINO Peter Wallace, Jr. , a Representative from New Jersey; born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., June 7, 1909; attended the McKinley Grammar School and Barringer High School; graduated from the…
(Encyclopedia) Sophia AlekseyevnaSophia Alekseyevnasôˈfyə əlyĭksyāˈyəvnə [key], 1657–1704, regent of Russia (1682–89); daughter of Czar Alexis by his first wife and sister of Czar Feodor III.…
(Encyclopedia) James I, 1243–1311, king of Majorca (1276–1311), count of Roussillon and Cerdagne, lord of Montpellier, son of James I of Aragón. In 1278 he was forced to become a vassal of his…
