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Jon Clifton HINSON, Congress, MS (1942-1995)

HINSON, Jon Clifton, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Tylertown, Walthall County, Miss., March 16, 1942; attended the Walthall County public schools; B.A., University of Mississippi…

Ira Clifton COPLEY, Congress, IL (1864-1947)

COPLEY, Ira Clifton, (nephew of Richard Henry Whiting), a Representative from Illinois; born near Galesburg, Knox County, Ill., October 25, 1864; moved with his parents to Aurora, Ill., in…

James Clifton WILSON, Congress, TX (1874-1951)

WILSON, James Clifton, a Representative from Texas; born in Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto County, Tex., June 21, 1874; attended the public schools and Weatherford (Tex.) College; was graduated from…

public school

(Encyclopedia) public school, in the United States, a tax-supported elementary or high school open to anyone. In England the term was originally applied to grammar schools endowed for the use of the…

Niagara Falls, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Niagara Falls, city (1991 pop. 75,399), S Ont., Canada, on the Niagara River opposite Niagara Falls, N.Y. Formerly called Clifton, it is a port of entry, an important industrial city,…

Stanley Eyre BOWDLE, Congress, OH (1868-1919)

BOWDLE, Stanley Eyre, a Representative from Ohio; born in Clifton, Hamilton County, Ohio, September 4, 1868; attended the public schools until fifteen years of age; served an apprenticeship of…

Herbert C. KLEIN, Congress, NJ (1930)

KLEIN, Herbert C., a Representative from New Jersey; born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., June 24, 1930; graduated, Hillside High School, Hillside, N.J., 1947; B.A., Rutgers University, New…

Dow Henry DRUKKER, Congress, NJ (1872-1963)

DRUKKER, Dow Henry, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Sneek, Holland, February 7, 1872; immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Grand Rapids, Mich., the same…

Davy, Sir Humphry

(Encyclopedia) Davy, Sir Humphry, 1778–1829, English chemist and physicist. The son of a woodcarver, he received his early education at Truro and was apprenticed (1795) to a surgeon-apothecary at…