DUVAL William Pope , a Representative from Kentucky; born in Mount Comfort, near
Richmond, Va., in 1784; completed preparatory studies; moved to Kentucky;
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HARRIS Wiley Pope , a Representative from Mississippi; born near Holmesville, Pike County, Miss.,
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(Encyclopedia) Fitzgerald, George Francis, 1851–1901, Irish physicist. Fitzgerald was born in Dublin and studied and taught at Trinity College there. He is best known for suggesting how the ether, by…
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CALDWELL Charles Pope , a Representative from New York; born near Bastrop, Bastrop County,
Tex., June 18, 1875; attended the public schools; was graduated from the law
department of the University…
(Encyclopedia) Biddle, Francis Beverley, 1886–1968, U.S. Attorney General (1941–45), b. Paris, France, of American parents. Secretary to Associate Justice O. W. Holmes (1912), he became a successful…
(Encyclopedia) White, Walter Francis, 1893–1955, American civil-rights leader, b. Atlanta, Ga., grad. Atlanta Univ., 1916. From 1931 until his death he was secretary of the National Association for…
(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Francis Henry, 1903–57, American museum director, b. Philadelphia, studied throughout Europe. He began his museum career as assistant curator (1927–28) and then curator of…
Henry Francis du Pontbusinessman, museum founderBorn: 1880Birthplace: Winterthur, Del. Armed with his Harvard B.A. he became a director of the family's chemical business, E. I. du Pont de…
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