Dramatis PersonaeKing Henry, the Fifth. Brothers to the King.Duke of GloucesterDuke of BedfordOthers.Duke of Exeter, uncle to the King. Duke of York, cousin to the King. Earl of SalisburyEarl…
(Encyclopedia) Clarkson, Thomas, 1760–1846, English abolitionist. He devoted most of his life to agitation against slavery, and the voluminous information that he gathered on the slave trade helped…
WHEELER Harrison H. , a Representative from Michigan;
born at Farmers Creek, Lapeer County, Mich., March 22, 1839;
attended the common schools;
taught school until 1861;
during the Civil War…
McMILLAN William , a Delegate from the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio; born near Abingdon,
Washington County, Va., March 2, 1764; was graduated from the College of William and Mary,…
Dramatis PersonaeKing Edward The FourthSons to the King.Edward, Prince of Wales, afterwards King Edward V.Richard, Duke of York Brothers to the King.George, Duke of ClarenceRichard, Duke of…
(Encyclopedia) Perot, H. Ross (Henry Ross Perot), 1930–2019, American business executive and political leader, b. Texarkana, Tex., as Henry Ray Perot, grad. Annapolis, 1953. In 1957 he resigned his…
(Encyclopedia) Temple, William, 1881–1944, archbishop of York (1929–42) and archbishop of Canterbury (1942–44); son of Frederick Temple. At Balliol College, Oxford, he became (1904) president of the…
(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, Sir William, 1788–1856, Scottish philosopher. He was widely interested in law, physiology, and literature and was professor of history and philosophy at the Univ. of…
(Encyclopedia) Goodell, WilliamGoodell, Williamg&oobreve;dĕlˈ [key], 1792–1867, American missionary in the Middle East, b. Templeton, Mass. He went in 1823, for the American Board of…
