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Red Skelton

(Richard Bernard Skelton)comedian, actorBorn: 7/18/1913Birthplace: Vincennes, Indiana Skelton's father was a circus clown who died before Red was born. By age 15 Skelton was performing on the…

The Wallflowers

rock band The Wallflowers have existed as two different bands, both helmed by lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter Jakob Dylan. Dylan, guitarist Tobi Miller, keyboard player Rami Jaffee, bass…

Museum of Modern Art

(Encyclopedia) Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, established and incorporated in 1929. It is privately supported. Alfred H. Barr, Jr., was its first director. Operating at first in rented…

Warren, J. Robin

(Encyclopedia) Warren, J. Robin (John Robin Warren), 1937–, Australian pathologist, grad. Univ. of Adelaide (M.B., B.S., 1961). He spent most of his career (1968–99) as a pathologist at the Royal…

Scott WIKE, Congress, IL (1834-1901)

WIKE, Scott, a Representative from Illinois; born in Meadville, Pa., April 6, 1834; moved with his parents to Quincy, Ill., in 1838 and to Pike County in 1844; was graduated from Lombard…

Durward Gorham HALL, Congress, MO (1910-2001)

HALL, Durward Gorham, a Representative from Missouri; born in Cassville, Barry County, Mo., September 14, 1910; graduated from Greenwood High School at Southwest Missouri State University,…

Martin D. HARDIN, Congress, KY (1780-1823)

Senate Years of Service: 1816-1817Party: FederalistHARDIN, Martin D., (cousin of Benjamin Hardin and father of John J. Hardin), a Senator from Kentucky; born along the Monongahela River,…

Thorne, Kip Stephen

(Encyclopedia) Thorne, Kip Stephen, 1940–, American theoretical physicist, b. Logan, Utah. Ph.D. Princeton, 1965. Thorne has been a professor (emeritus from 2009) at the California Institute of…

James Claude WRIGHT, Jr., Congress, TX (1922)

WRIGHT, James Claude, Jr., a Representative from Texas; born in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tex., December 22, 1922; attended the public schools of Fort Worth and Dallas, Tex.; student at…

Lowell Palmer WEICKER, Jr., Congress, CT (1931)

Senate Years of Service: 1971-1989Party: RepublicanWEICKER, Lowell Palmer, Jr., a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Paris, France, to American parents, on May 16, 1931;…