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Daniel Edgar SICKLES, Congress, NY (1819-1914)

SICKLES, Daniel Edgar, a Representative from New York; born in New York City October 20, 1819; attended New York University; apprenticed as a printer; studied law; was admitted to the bar in…

Isaac Daniel YOUNG, Congress, KS (1849-1927)

YOUNG, Isaac Daniel, a Representative from Kansas; born near Pleasantville, Marion County, Iowa, on March 29, 1849; attended high school and Oskaloosa College in Iowa; began teaching at the…

Ellen Goodman

columnistBorn: 1941 Goodman graduated from Radcliffe College in 1963 and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University for the following year. She has been an associate editor and a columnist at the…

Harvard University

(Encyclopedia) Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. From two distinct schools, Radcliffe College for women (est. 1879, chartered…

Three Young Men

(Encyclopedia) Three Young Men, in the Book of Daniel, the three men cast by Nebuchadnezzar into the fiery furnace and delivered by an angel. Their names are Abed-nego, Shadrach, and Meshach, in…

Guggenheim

(Encyclopedia) GuggenheimGuggenheimg&oobreve;gˈənhīm [key], family of American industrialists and philanthropists. Meyer Guggenheim, 1828–1905, b. Aargau canton, Switzerland, emigrated (1847) to…

Simkhovitch, Mary Kingsbury

(Encyclopedia) Simkhovitch, Mary KingsburySimkhovitch, Mary Kingsburysĭmkōˈvĭch [key], 1867–1951, American social worker, b. Chestnut Hill, Mass., grad. Boston Univ., 1890. After further study at…

Stockard Channing

(Susan Stockard)actressBorn: 2/13/1944Birthplace: New York City An award-winning stage actress, she has appeared mostly in supporting roles on film. Her movies credits include Grease (1978),…