(Encyclopedia) Bayard, James AshetonBayard, James Ashetonbīˈərd [key], 1767–1815, U.S. representative (1797–1803) and senator (1805–13) from Delaware, b. Philadelphia. Admitted to the bar in 1787, he…
(Encyclopedia) Rose, Irwin, 1926–2015, American biochemist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1952. Rose was on the faculty of Yale Medical School from 1954 to 1963 and a senior member of…
(Aaron Chwatt)actor, comedian Born: 2/5/1919Birthplace: New York City At the age of sixteen, Buttons began working as a comedian in vaudeville, burlesque, and on the Catskills “ Borscht Circuit.”…
actor, directorBorn: 3/26/1934Birthplace: New York City A stage and screen actor who won Academy Award nominations for Best Actor for his work in The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (…
(Encyclopedia) Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'pôl äNrēˈ tērēˈ bärôNˈ dôlbäkˈ [key], Ger. Paul Heinrich Dietrich, Baron von HolbachHolbach, Paul Henri Thiry,…
(Encyclopedia) Grasse, François Joseph Paul, comte deGrasse, François Joseph Paul, comte defräNswäˈ zhôzĕfˈ pōl kôNt də gräs [key], 1722–88, French admiral. In 1781, in command of a French fleet sent…
(Encyclopedia) Maisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey, sieur deMaisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey, sieur depōl də shômdāˈ syör də māzôNnövˈ [key], 1612–76, founder and first governor of Montreal, b. France. A…
