ROBERTS, Charles Boyle, a Representative from Maryland; born in Uniontown, Carroll County, Md., on April 19, 1842; was graduated from Calvert College, New Windsor, Md., in 1861; studied law;…
ROGERS, Walter Edward, a Representative from Texas; born in Texarkana, Miller County, Ark., July 19, 1908; B.A., Austin College, Sherman, Tex., 1926; J.D., University of Texas, Austin, Tex.,…
HUTCHINSON, Elijah Cubberley, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Windsor, Mercer County, N.J., August 7, 1855; attended the public schools and Riders Business College, Trenton, N.J.;…
(Percy Miller)rap musician, filmmaker, record label executiveBorn: 4/29/1970Birthplace: New Orleans Master P used a $10,000 inheritance to open a record store in 1989, which he later transformed…
(Encyclopedia) Laudonnière, René Goulaine deLaudonnière, René Goulaine derənāˈ g&oomacr;lĕnˈ də lōdônyĕrˈ [key], fl. 1562–82, French colonizer in Florida. After accompanying Jean Ribaut on the…
(Encyclopedia) Jeffers, Robinson, 1887–1962, American poet and dramatist, b. Pittsburgh, grad. Occidental College, 1905. From 1914 until his death Jeffers lived on the Big Sur section of the rocky…
(Encyclopedia) Drabble, Margaret, 1939–, English novelist, b. Sheffield, Yorkshire; sister of A. S. Byatt. Drabble's rigorous and unsentimentally realistic vision of an England split between…
(Encyclopedia) Baskerville, JohnBaskerville, Johnbăsˈkərvĭlˌ [key], 1706–75, English designer of type and printer. He and Caslon were the two great type designers of the 18th cent. in England. He…
(Encyclopedia) North Pole, northern end of the earth's axis, by convention at lat. 90°N. Because the earth's rotational axis wobbles slightly over time, the location where the northern end of the…
(Encyclopedia) wax, substance secreted by glands on the abdomen of the bee and known commonly as beeswax; also various substances resembling beeswax. Waxes are mixtures comprising chiefly esters of…
