(Encyclopedia) Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847–1922, American scientist, inventor of the telephone, b. Edinburgh, Scotland, educated at the Univ. of Edinburgh and University College, London; son of…
(Encyclopedia) Bell, Alexander Melville, 1819–1905, Scottish-American educator, b. Edinburgh. Bell worked out a physiological or visible alphabet, with symbols that were intended to represent every…
(Encyclopedia) Westermarck, Edward AlexanderWestermarck, Edward Alexandervĕsˈtərmärk, wĕsˈ– [key], 1862–1939, Finnish social philosopher and anthropologist. He was professor of sociology at the Univ…
Senate Years of Service: 2003-Party: RepublicanALEXANDER, Lamar, a Senator from Tennessee; born in Maryville, Tennessee, on July 3, 1940; B.A., Vanderbilt University 1962; J.D., New York…
ALEXANDER, Rodney, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Bienville, Bienville Parish, La., on December 5, 1946; graduated from Jonesboro-Hodge High School, Jonesboro, La.; graduated,…
McMILLAN, Alexander, a Representative from North Carolina; birth date unknown; member of the state senate, 1810-1812; elected as a Federalist to the Fifteenth Congress but died before the…
Double quotation marks enclose direct quotations: “What was Paris like in the Twenties?” our daughter asked. “Ladies and Gentlemen,” the Chief Usher said, “the President of the United States.”…
(Encyclopedia) Nicholas I, 1796–1855, czar of Russia (1825–55), third son of Paul I. His brother and predecessor, Alexander I, died childless (1825). Constantine, Paul's second son, was next in…
