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David Henry Hwang

playwrightBorn: 8/11/1957 Birthplace: Los Angeles, California The eldest of three children, Hwang was born to parents of Chinese heritage. He graduated from Stanford University in 1979 and taught…

Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long

“The Mother of Texas”Born: 7/23/1798Birthplace: Charles County, Md. Around 1811 Jane Wilkinson's family moved to the Mississippi Territory from Maryland. She married a doctor, James Long, a native…

Mary Austin Holley

author, early settlerBorn: 10/30/1784Birthplace: New Haven, Conn. Mary Austin studied languages and music in New Haven before marrying Rev. Horace Holley in 1805. They had a son and a daughter. In…

John Gorrie

physician, inventor of refrigeration and air-conditioningBorn: Oct. 3, 1802Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina or Nevis, West Indies John Gorrie attended medical school in New York, graduating…

Joel Allen BARBER, Congress, WI (1809-1881)

BARBER, Joel Allen, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Georgia (near St. Albans), Franklin County, Vt., January 17, 1809; attended the common schools, Georgia Academy, and the University…

John Bubenheim BAYARD, Congress, PA (1738-1807)

BAYARD, John Bubenheim, (uncle of James Asheton Bayard, Sr.), a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born at Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Md., August 11, 1738; moved to Pennsylvania in 1756 and settled…

Page Henry BELCHER, Congress, OK (1899-1980)

BELCHER, Page Henry, a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Jefferson, Grant County, Okla., April 21, 1899, on the claim his father took in the opening of the Cherokee Strip; attended high…

Alexander Samuel DIVEN, Congress, NY (1809-1896)

DIVEN, Alexander Samuel, a Representative from New York; born in Catharine (later Watkins), N.Y., February 10, 1809; attended the common schools and the academies in Penn Yan and Ovid, N.Y.;…