WHEELER, William McDonald (Don), a Representative from Georgia; born near Alma, Bacon County, Ga., July 11, 1915; attended the public schools and South Georgia College at Douglas, Middle…
(Encyclopedia) Macarthur, Mary Reid, 1880–1921, British labor organizer, b. Glasgow, Scotland. Working in her father's draper's shop, she became prominent in the shop assistants' union. As the…
(Encyclopedia) Green, Bartholomew, 1666–1732, early American printer, b. Cambridge, Mass.; the son of Samuel Green. He inherited his father's press in Cambridge in 1692 and moved it to Boston. He had…
(Encyclopedia) Sholokhov, Mikhail AleksandrovichSholokhov, Mikhail Aleksandrovichmēkhəyĕlˈ əlyĭksänˈdrəvĭch shôˈləkhŏf [key], 1905–84, Russian novelist. Sholokhov won international fame for an epic…
(Encyclopedia) NovocherkasskNovocherkassknôˌvəchĭrkäskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 188,000), SE European Russia, on the Aksai River (the right tributary of the Don). It manufactures locomotives, machine…
STRINGFELLOW, Douglas R., a Representative from Utah; born in Draper, Utah, September 24, 1922; attended the public schools; moved to Odgen, Utah, in 1935 and graduated from high school in…
(Encyclopedia) Razin, StenkaRazin, Stenkastĕngˈkä räˈzēn [key], d. 1671, Don Cossack leader, head of the peasant revolt of 1670. As commander of a band of propertyless Don Cossacks, he raided and…
businessmanBorn: 1807Birthplace: Prince Edwards County, Va. Freeman was about 24 when he left Virginia to live in Monroe, Ga. He stayed there for more than ten years before moving to Indianapolis…
(Encyclopedia) Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel deCervantes Saavedra, Miguel desərvănˈtēz, Span. mēgĕlˈ dā thĕrvänˈtās säˌävāᵺrä [key], 1547–1616, Spanish novelist, dramatist, and poet, author of Don…
(Encyclopedia) DonetsDonetsdənyĕtsˈ [key], river, c.650 mi (1,050 km) long, in Ukraine and SW European Russia. A tributary of the Don, it is also called the North Donets (Rus. Severny Donets). It…
