(Encyclopedia) Girard College, in Philadelphia, an elementary and secondary boarding school for children with financial need from single-parent or parentless families. It opened 1848 with a bequest,…
JACKSON John George , a Representative from Virginia; born in Buckhannon, Va. (now West
Virginia), September 22, 1777; moved with his parents to Clarksburg in 1784;
received an English training…
(Encyclopedia) O'Brian, Patrick, 1914–2000, British novelist, b. near London as Richard Patrick Russ. He changed his name in 1945 and after World War II settled in France. O'Brian's first novel,…
(Encyclopedia) OrilliaOrilliaōrĭlˈēə [key], town (1991 pop. 25,925), SE Ont., on Lake Couchiching. Manufactures include industrial machinery, household appliances, and industrial rubber products. It…
Secretary of State James G. Blaine, 1889John W. Foster, 1892Secretary of the Treasury William Windom, 1889Charles Foster, 1891Secretary of War Redfield Proctor, 1889Stephen B. Elkins,…
Senate Years of Service: 1869-1875
Party: Republican BROWNLOW William Gannaway , a Senator from Tennessee; born near Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., August 29, 1805; attended the common schools;…
(Encyclopedia) Charles I, 1288–1342, king of Hungary (1308–42), founder of the Angevin dynasty in Hungary; grandson of Charles II of Naples, who had married a daughter of Stephen V of Hungary. On the…
(Encyclopedia) Longs Peak [for Stephen H. Long], 14,255 ft (4,345 m) high, N Colo., in the Front Range of the Rocky Mts. From the east side of its snowcapped peak there is a 2,000 ft (610 m) drop to…
