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Thomas NEWTON, Jr., Congress, VA (1768-1847)

NEWTON, Thomas, Jr., a Representative from Virginia; born in Norfolk, Va., November 21, 1768; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the Virginia bar and commenced…

Enoch LINCOLN, Congress, MA (1788-1829)

LINCOLN, Enoch, (son of Levi Lincoln [1749-1820] and brother of Levi Lincoln [1782-1868]), a Representative from Massachusetts and from Maine; born in Worcester, Mass., December 28, 1788; was…

Henry Lowndes MULDROW, Congress, MS (1837-1905)

MULDROW, Henry Lowndes, a Representative from Mississippi; born near Tibbes Station, Clay County, Miss., February 8, 1837; was graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1857…

Moore, Henry

(Encyclopedia) Moore, Henry, 1898–1986, English sculptor. Moore's early sculpture was angular and rough, strongly influenced by pre-Columbian art. About 1928 he evolved a more personal style which…

plaster casting

(Encyclopedia) plaster casting, as a sculpture process, is of three kinds. One employs a waste mold, another a piece mold (both plaster of paris), and the third a gelatin mold; all reproduce the…

Queneau, Raymond

(Encyclopedia) Queneau, RaymondQueneau, RaymondrāmôNˈ kĕnōˈ [key], 1903–76, French author and critic. He was an advocate of surrealism during the middle and late 1920s. Queneau is best known for his…

Hayne, Robert Young

(Encyclopedia) Hayne, Robert Young, 1791–1839, American statesman, b. Colleton District, S.C. Having served in the South Carolina legislature (1814–18) and as attorney general of South Carolina (1818…

Fulton

(Encyclopedia) Fulton, city (2020 pop. 12,490), seat of Callaway co., central Mo., in an agricultural and farm area; inc. 1859. It has printing plants…