RAMSPECK Robert C. Word , a Representative from Georgia; born in Decatur, De Kalb County, Ga.,
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by Robert Burns A New Psalm For The Chapel Of KilmarnockThe Wounded HareSketch In Verse Inscribed to the Right Hon. C. J. Fox. How wisdom and Folly meet, mix, and unite,…
(Encyclopedia) Byrd, William, 1674–1744, American colonial writer, planter, and government official; son of William Byrd (1652–1704). After being educated in England, he became active in the politics…
(Encyclopedia) Smithson, Robert, 1938–73, American sculptor, b. Passaic, N.J. After first making modular, serial sculpture, Smithson began to design large-scale earthworks (see land art) in the 1960s…
Senate Years of Service: 1933-1965
Party: Democrat BYRD Harry Flood , a Senator from Virginia; born in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, W.Va., June 10, 1887; moved with his parents to Winchester, Va…
To Robert Nichols(From Frise on the Somme in February, 1917, in answer
to a letter saying: "I am just finishing my 'Faun's
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Senate Years of Service: 1965-1971; 1971-1983
Party: Democrat; Independent BYRD Harry Flood, Jr. , a Senator from Virginia; born in Winchester, Va., December 20, 1914; educated at Virginia Military…
(Encyclopedia) Hunter, Robert Mercer TaliaferroHunter, Robert Mercer Taliaferrotŏlˈəvər [key], 1809–87, American statesman, b. Essex co., Va. He was a U.S. Representative for Virginia (1837–43, 1845–…
(Encyclopedia) Mapplethorpe, RobertMapplethorpe, Robertmāˈpəlthôrpˌ [key], 1946–89, American photographer, b. New York City. He is known for his elegantly expressive black-and-white studies of male…
(Encyclopedia) Coles, Robert, 1929–, American child psychiatrist, b. Boston, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1950), Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons (M.D., 1954). He began working with children while…
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