PATMAN, John William Wright, (father of William Neff Patman), a Representative from Texas; born at Patmanâs Switch near Hughes Springs, Cass County, Tex., August 6, 1893; attended the public…
TUTTLE, William Edgar, Jr., a Representative from New Jersey; born in Horseheads, Chemung County, N.Y., December 10, 1870; was graduated from Horseheads High School and Elmira Free Academy in…
(Encyclopedia) Martin, Paul Edgar Philippe, Jr., 1938–, Canadian politician, prime minister (2003–6) of Canada, b. Windsor, Ont. The scion of a politically active family (his father served in…
(Encyclopedia) O'Shaughnessy, Arthur William EdgarO'Shaughnessy, Arthur William Edgarōshônˈəsē [key], 1844–81, English poet and naturalist. He was a member of the zoological department of the British…
(Encyclopedia) Adrian, Edgar Douglas Adrian, Baron, 1889–1977, English physiologist, M.D. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1915. He was research professor (1929–37) of the Royal Society and professor of…
(Encyclopedia) Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 8,023 acres (3,247 hectares), W Ohio, NE of Dayton; est. 1917. One of the largest airport installations in the world, it is…
(Encyclopedia) EdwyEdwyĕdˈwē [key] or EadwigEdwyĕdˈwĭg [key], d. 959, king of the English (955–57) and king of Wessex (955–59), son of Edmund. He succeeded his uncle, Edred as king of the English,…
(Encyclopedia) Malcolm III (Malcolm Canmore), d. 1093, king of Scotland (1057–93), son of Duncan I; successor to Macbeth (d. 1057). It took him some years after Macbeth's death to regain the…
(Encyclopedia) Whitman, Sarah Helen (Power), 1803–78, American poet, b. Providence, R.I. In 1828 she married a Boston lawyer, John W. Whitman; after his death (1833) she returned to Providence and…
(Encyclopedia) Fallingwater, Bear Run, Pa., house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Fallingwater (1936–39) is an architectural tour de force of Wright's organic philosophy, whereby a building should be…
