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John Coit SPOONER, Congress, WI (1843-1919)

Senate Years of Service: 1885-1891; 1897-1907Party: Republican; RepublicanSPOONER, John Coit, a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Ind., January 6, 1843; moved to…

William Henry DENSON, Congress, AL (1846-1906)

DENSON, William Henry, a Representative from Alabama; born in Uchee, Russell County, Ala., March 4, 1846; attended the common schools and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa; left the…

Robert Homer MOLLOHAN, Congress, WV (1909-1999)

MOLLOHAN, Robert Homer, (father of Alan Bowlby Mollohan), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Grantsville, Calhoun County, W.Va., September 18, 1909; attended the public schools,…

Ditko, Steve

(Encyclopedia) Ditko, Steve (Stephen John Ditko), 1927–2018, American comic-book artist, b. Johnstown, Pa., studied early 1950s Cartoonist and Illustrator School (later School of Visual Arts), New…

drawing

(Encyclopedia) drawing, art of the draftsman. In its broadest sense it includes every use of the delineated line and is thus basic to the arts of painting, architecture, sculpture, calligraphy, and…

Coverdale, Miles

(Encyclopedia) Coverdale, Miles, 1488–1569, b. Yorkshire. English translator of the Bible, educated at Cambridge. Coverdale was ordained (1514) and entered the house of Augustinian friars at…

Television Hall of Fame

Each year, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences inducts up to seven people or programs to the Television Hall of Fame. Here are the past…