(Encyclopedia) Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter, 1809–89, American educator and mathematician, b. Sheffield, Mass., grad. Yale, 1828. After tutoring at Yale and teaching in institutions for the…
(Encyclopedia) emperor [Lat. imperator=one holding supreme power, especially applied to generals], the sovereign head of an empire. In the Roman republic the term imperator referred to the chief…
(Encyclopedia) Gallic WarsGallic Warsgălˈĭk [key], campaigns in Gaul led by Julius Caesar in his two terms as proconsul of Cisalpine Gaul, Transalpine Gaul, and Illyricum (58 b.c.–51 b.c.). Caesar's…
AYRES, William Augustus, a Representative from Kansas; born in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ill., April 19, 1867; moved with his parents to Sedgwick County, Kans., in 1881; attended the…
Senate Years of Service: 1895-1914Party: DemocratBACON, Augustus Octavius, (cousin of William S. Howard), a Senator from Georgia; born in Bryan County, Ga., October 20, 1839; attended the…
BAGLEY, George Augustus, a Representative from New York; born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., July 22, 1826; received an academic training; studied law; was admitted to the New York bar…
BALDWIN, Augustus Carpenter, a Representative from Michigan; born in Salina (now Syracuse), Onondaga County, N.Y., December 24, 1817; attended the public schools; moved to Oakland County, Mich…
GRISWOLD, John Augustus, a Representative from New York; born in Nassau, Rensselaer County, N.Y., November 11, 1822; received an academic training; engaged in mercantile pursuits and in steel…
HALL, William Augustus, (father of Uriel Sebree Hall and brother of Willard Preble Hall), a Representative from Missouri; born in Portland, Maine, October 15, 1815; moved with his parents to…
HAND, Augustus Cincinnatus, a Representative from New York; born in Shoreham, Addison County, Vt., September 4, 1803; pursued academic studies; studied law in Litchfield, Conn.; was admitted…
