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…
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…
WOODRUM, Clifton Alexander, a Representative from Virginia; born in Roanoke, Roanoke County, Va., April 27, 1887; attended the public schools of his native city and the University College of…
THOMPSON, Albert Clifton, a Representative from Ohio; born in Brookville, Jefferson County, Pa., January 23, 1842; attended the common schools and Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa.; studied…
(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…
(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,…
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…
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…
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…
(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…
