(Encyclopedia) Farnsworth, Philo Taylor, 1906–71, American inventor, b. Beaver, Utah, grad. Brigham Young Univ., 1925. He demonstrated (1927) a working model of a television system. His “dissector…
(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Alan John Percivale, 1906–90, English historian, primarily interested in diplomatic and Central European history. Educated at Oxford, he became a fellow of Magdalen College in…
(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Sir Robert, 1714–88, English architect. The son of a stonemason, he began his career as a sculptor's apprentice and was later employed to carve the pediment of Mansion House in…
GRINNELL Moses Hicks , a Representative from New York; born in New Bedford, Mass., March 3,
1803; pursued an academic course; entered a countingroom in New York City in
1818; subsequently engaged…
HICKS Floyd Verne , a Representative from Washington; born in Prosser, Benton County,
Wash., May 29, 1915; attended the public schools; served in the United States
Army Air Corps, April 1942 to…
HICKS Frederick Cocks , a Representative from New York;
born in Westbury, Long Island, N.Y., March 6, 1872;
attended the public schools, Swarthmore (Pa.) College, and Harvard University;
engaged…
(Encyclopedia) Arms, John Taylor, 1887–1953, American etcher and draftsman, b. Washington, D.C. He studied architecture, but later he devoted himself to etching and became noted for his excellent…
(Encyclopedia) Compton, Karl Taylor, 1887–1954, American physicist, b. Wooster, Ohio, grad. College of Wooster (Ph.B., 1908), Princeton (Ph.D., 1912); brother of A. H. Compton. He taught at Princeton…
HICKS Josiah Duane , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Machen, Wales, August 1,
1844; immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Chester
County, Pa., in 1847, and…
(Encyclopedia) Still, Andrew Taylor, 1828–1917, founder of osteopathy, b. Jonesboro, Va. He evolved the theory that all diseases and physical disorders ultimately derived from dislocations (which he…
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