(Encyclopedia) Clair, RenéClair, Renérənāˈ klâr [key], 1898–1981, French film director, writer, and producer. Beginning as a film critic, Clair first received international attention in the 1930s…
(Encyclopedia) Wright, Frances (Fanny Wright), 1795–1852, Scottish-American reformer, later known as Mme Darusmont, b. Dundee, Scotland. After her first tour (1818–20) of the United States she wrote…
(Encyclopedia) Wyatt, James, 1746–1813, English architect. He worked in many styles but is best known as one of the originators of the Gothic revival. Appointed surveyor at Westminster Abbey in 1776…
(Leonard Frank Sly)actor, singerBorn: 11/5/1911Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio Actor and singer who starred in more than 80 Westerns, earning the moniker “King of the Cowboys.” He signed with Republic…
By John Gettings, Mike Morrison, and Gerry Brown A TRAGIC FINAL LAP NASCAR's Winston Cup series didn't just lose a seven-time champion when Dale Earnhardt, 49, died in a last-lap crash at…
GRANT, John Gaston, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Edneyville Township, Henderson County, N.C., January 1, 1858; received a limited schooling; engaged in agricultural pursuits;…
HAMMOND, John, a Representative from New York; born at Crown Point, Essex County, N.Y., August 17, 1827; attended the public schools and St. Albans Academy, St. Albans, Vt.; was graduated from…
CORWIN, Moses Bledso, (brother of Thomas Corwin and uncle of Franklin Corwin), a Representative from Ohio; born in Bourbon County, Ky., January 5, 1790; spent the early part of his life on a…
(Encyclopedia) Diamond, Peter Arthur, 1940–, American economist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963. Diamond was a professor at the Univ. of California, Berkeley,…
(Encyclopedia) Huckabee, Mike (Michael Dale Huckabee), 1955–, American politican and Baptist minister, b. Hope, Ark. He attended Ouachita Baptist Univ. (B.A., 1975) and Southwestern Baptist…
