Hickok, Wild Bill
(Encyclopedia) Hickok, Wild Bill, 1837–76, American frontier marshal, b. Troy Grove, near Ottawa, Ill., as James Butler Hickok. He took part in the Kansas struggle preceding the Civil War, was a driver of the Butt...
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Bedford, Francis Russell, 5th duke of
(Encyclopedia) Bedford, Francis Russell, 5th duke of: see Russell, family.
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Bedford, Francis Russell, 4th earl of
(Encyclopedia) Bedford, Francis Russell, 4th earl of: see Russell, family.
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Bedford, John Russell, 4th duke of
(Encyclopedia) Bedford, John Russell, 4th duke of: see Russell, family.
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Bedford, John Russell, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia) Bedford, John Russell, 1st earl of: see Russell, family.
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Russell, Francis, dukes and earls of Bedford
(Encyclopedia) Russell, Francis, dukes and earls of Bedford: see Russell, family.
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Russell, John, dukes and earls of Bedford
(Encyclopedia) Russell, John, dukes and earls of Bedford: see Russell, family.
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Hitchcock, Henry-Russell
(Encyclopedia) Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903–87, American architectural historian, b. Boston. Educated at Harvard, Hitchcock taught at Smith College and New York Univ. His writings, which helped to define modern ...
Russell, Charles Edward
(Encyclopedia) Russell, Charles Edward, 1860–1941, American author, b. Davenport, Iowa. He was a prominent newspaper editor (1894–1902) in New York and Chicago. A member of the Socialist party before World War I...
Veeck, Bill
(Encyclopedia) Veeck, Bill (William Louis Veeck, Jr.), 1914–86, American baseball executive, b. Chicago. The son of an owner of the Chicago Cubs, Veeck began his executive career with the Milwaukee Brewers of the ...
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