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Alito, Samuel Anthony, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Alito, Samuel Anthony, Jr. Alito, Samuel Anthony, Jr. əlēˈtō [key], 1950–, U.S. government official and judge, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (…

Anthony of Padua, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Anthony of Padua, Saint, 1195–1231, Portuguese Franciscan, Doctor of the Church, b. Lisbon. He was renowned for his eloquence. According to tradition, in a vision he received the child…

Leggett, Sir Anthony James

(Encyclopedia) Leggett, Sir Anthony James, 1938–, British physicist, Ph.D. Oxford, 1964. He was a professor at Sussex Univ., England, from 1967 to 1983, when he joined the faculty at the Univ. of…

Pople, Sir John Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Pople, Sir John AnthonyPople, Sir John Anthonypōpˈəl [key], 1925–2004, British computational chemist. Trained as a mathematician at Cambridge (B.A. 1946, Ph.D. 1951), he worked at…

Caro, Sir Anthony Alfred

(Encyclopedia) Caro, Sir Anthony Alfred, 1924–2014, British sculptor, one of the most important and influential modernist sculptors of the late 20th cent. Educated as an engineer (grad. Cambridge,…

Van Dyck, Sir Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Van Dyck or Vandyke, Sir AnthonyVan Dyck or Vandyke, Sir Anthonyboth: văn dīk [key], 1599–1641, Flemish portrait and religious painter and etcher, b. Antwerp. In 1618 he was received…

Henry Bowen ANTHONY, Congress, RI (1815-1884)

Senate Years of Service: 1859-1884Party: RepublicanANTHONY, Henry Bowen, a Senator from Rhode Island; born in Coventry, R.I., April 1, 1815; attended a private school in Providence, R.I.;…

Joseph Biles ANTHONY, Congress, PA (1795-1851)

ANTHONY, Joseph Biles, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 19, 1795; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; member of…