(Encyclopedia) Latimer, HughLatimer, Hughlătˈəmər [key], 1485?–1555, English bishop and Protestant martyr. Latimer was educated at Cambridge, entered the church, and came under the influence of the…
(Encyclopedia) Howlin' Wolf, 1910–76, African-American blues singer and composer, b. White Station, Miss., as Chester Arthur Burnett. Exposed to blues performers from childhood, he sang locally and…
PHILLIPS, John, a Representative from Pennsylvania; was born in Chester County, Pa., birth date unknown; received a limited schooling; elected as a Federalist to the Seventeenth Congress (March…
(Encyclopedia) MacVeagh, Isaac WayneMacVeagh, Isaac Wayneməkvāˈ [key], 1833–1917, American political figure, U.S. Attorney General (1881), b. Chester co., Pa. A lawyer, he was the son-in-law of Simon…
(Encyclopedia) Office of Price Administration (OPA), U.S. federal agency in World War II, established to prevent wartime inflation. The OPA issued (Apr., 1942) a general maximum-price regulation that…
(Encyclopedia) Stockbridge, resort town (1990 pop. 2,408), Berkshire co., W Mass., on the Housatonic River, in the Berkshire Mts.; inc. 1739. It is a year-round tourist resort with nearby lake, ski,…
(Encyclopedia) Billings, William, 1746–1800, American hymn composer, b. Boston. A tanner by trade, he was one of the earliest American-born composers. He wrote popular hymns and sacred choruses of…
THOMAS, Richard, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in West Whiteland, Pa., December 30, 1744; educated at home by private teachers; served in the Revolutionary Army as colonel of the…
MONTGOMERY, Daniel, Jr., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Londonderry, Chester County, Pa., October 30, 1765; moved to Danville, Pa.; chief promoter of turnpike roads in the section…
