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Edmund William SAMUEL, Congress, PA (1857-1930)

SAMUEL, Edmund William, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Blaenavon, Wales, on November 27, 1857; immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Ashland, Schuylkill…

Top 10 Favorite Halloween Costumes

by Mark Hughes We asked Fact Monster users to vote for their favorite Halloween costume and the results are in! Follow this slideshow to see the top 10 favorite Halloween costumes, beginning with…

Glamorganshire

(Encyclopedia) Glamorganshire, former county, Wales: see Glamorgan.

Cardiganshire

(Encyclopedia) Cardiganshire, former county, W Wales: see Ceredigion.

Tassie, James

(Encyclopedia) Tassie, James, 1735–99, Scottish gem engraver and modeler. At first a stonemason, he went to Dublin, where he assisted the gem engraver Dr. Henry Quin. With him Tassie invented an…

Asian-American Athletes

Grace ParkAgbayani, Benny, baseball Chang, Michael, tennis Chow, Amy, gymnastics Chung, Eugene, football Darling, Ron, baseball Draves, Vicki Manalo, diving Fair, Lorrie, soccer…

Lismore, city, Australia

(Encyclopedia) LismoreLismorelĭzˈmôr [key], city (2016 pop. 43,135), New South Wales, E Australia, on the North Arm of the Richmond River. An important industrial city, Lismore is a leading producer…

Battenberg

(Encyclopedia) BattenbergBattenbergbătˈənbûrg [key], German princely family, issued from the morganatic union of Alexander, a younger son of Louis II, grand duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Countess…

Zara Phillips | Royal Biographies

Royal Biographies:Zara Phillips by David Johnson RELATED LINKS Royal Family Tree Queen Elizabeth II Princess Anne Tenth in the line of…