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Venturi, Adolfo

(Encyclopedia) Venturi, AdolfoVenturi, Adolfoädôlˈfō vānt&oomacr;rˈē [key], 1856–1941, Italian art historian. Director of Galleries and Museums in Italy, Venturi completed his exhaustive history…

Schapiro, Meyer

(Encyclopedia) Schapiro, MeyerSchapiro, Meyershəpĭrˈō [key], 1904–96, American art historian, b. Siauliai, Lithuania. Schapiro came to the United States in 1907 and later attended Columbia Univ.,…

decibel

(Encyclopedia) decibeldecibeldĕsˈəbĕlˌ, –bəl [key], abbr. dB, unit used to measure the loudness of sound. It is one tenth of a bel (named for A. G. Bell), but the larger unit is rarely used. The…

Woods, Granville Taylor

(Encyclopedia) Woods, Granville Taylor,, 1856–1910, African-American inventor, b. Columbus, Ohio. He worked in a railroad shop as a youth, becoming a machinist and blacksmith. He subsequently worked…

Branson

(Encyclopedia) Branson, city (2020 pop. 12,638), Taney and Stone cos., SW Mo.; inc. 1912. Located in the Ozark mountains, the town was originally…

John Ford HOUSE, Congress, TN (1827-1904)

HOUSE, John Ford, a Representative from Tennessee; was born near Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn., on January 9, 1827; attended the local academy and the Transylvania University, Lexington,…

Miles TAYLOR, Congress, LA (1805-1873)

TAYLOR, Miles, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., July 16, 1805; received a liberal education; moved to Bayou Lafourche, La.; studied medicine, but never…

John REILLY, Congress, PA (1836-1904)

REILLY, John, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Abnerville, Indiana County, Pa., February 22, 1836; received home instruction and attended the public schools; entered the service of…

Robin Leo BEARD, Jr., Congress, TN (1939-2007)

BEARD, Robin Leo, Jr., a Representative from Tennessee; born in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., August 21, 1939; attended Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville, Tenn.; B.A., Vanderbilt University…

Edward Isaac GOLLADAY, Congress, TN (1830-1897)

GOLLADAY, Edward Isaac, (brother of Jacob Shall Golladay), a Representative from Tennessee; born in Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn., September 9, 1830; attended the common schools and was…