BROWN, Benjamin, (nephew of John Brown), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Swansea, Mass., September 23, 1756; pursued academic studies; studied medicine and commenced practice in…
KNOWLES, Freeman Tulley, a Representative from South Dakota; born in Harmony, Somerset County, Maine, October 10, 1846; attended Bloomfield Academy, Skowhegan, Maine; enlisted in the Sixteenth…
JENKINS, Thomas Albert, a Representative from Ohio; born at Oak Hill, Jackson County, Ohio, October 28, 1880; attended the grade and high schools; was graduated from Providence University, Oak…
PHILLIPS, Stephen Clarendon, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Salem, Mass., November 4, 1801; was graduated from Harvard University in 1819; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Salem…
PIGOTT, James Protus, a Representative from Connecticut; born in New Haven, Conn., September 11, 1852; attended the common schools and was graduated from Yale College in 1878 and from the law…
(Encyclopedia) Laughlin, Robert Betts, 1950–, American physicist, b. Visalia, Calif., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979. Laughlin was a researcher at Lawrence Livermore National…
(Encyclopedia) Lowell, Percival, 1855–1916, American astronomer, b. Boston, grad. Harvard, 1876; brother of Abbott Lawrence Lowell and Amy Lowell. He visited Korea and Japan, where he acted as…
(Encyclopedia) Hoppner, John, 1758–1810, English portrait painter. He was a protégé of George III, whose illegitimate son he was rumored to be. He imitated, without total success, the style of Sir…
(Encyclopedia) Houston Symphony. Founded in 1913 with 33 players, the orchestra reorganized in 1930 and presented its first full season of concerts in 1931. Among its important conductors have been…
(Encyclopedia) Viñoly, Rafael, 1944–, Uruguayan-American architect, b. Montevideo. Even before receiving his architectural degrees (1968, 1969) from the Univ. of Buenos Aires, he and six associates…
