actorBorn: 7/19/1962Birthplace: Santa Barbara, California Actor whose role as the earnest, talented, but troubled Dr. Mark Greene provided the moral center of ER (1994–2002), the most popular and…
U.S. Senator (D-North Carolina)Born: June 10, 1953Birthplace: Seneca, S.C. A Democratic senator from North Carolina since 1999, Edwards made an unsuccesesful bid for the 2004 Democratic…
entrepreneur, radio impresarioBorn: 6/14/1874Birthplace: San Francisco, Calif. After leaving school at age 13 to work in an office, he founded a real estate business that flourished until the…
physician, scientistBorn: 6/16/1806Birthplace: Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England After studying medicine and beginning a career as a chemist, he became interested in telegraphy. He immigrated to…
writer, director, actor, producerBorn: 1/29/1968Birthplace: Queens, New York His low-budget debut film, The Brothers McMullen (1995), about the lives and loves of three Irish-American brothers, was…
actorBorn: 11/15/1929Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri Although Asner began his career as a stage actor, he is best known for his role as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–77) and Lou…
WHEELER, Joseph, a Representative from Alabama; born in Augusta, Ga., September 10, 1836; attended local schools and the Episcopal Academy, Cheshire, Conn.; was graduated from the United…
BIDDLE, Joseph Franklin, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Bedford, Bedford County, Pa., September 14, 1871; educated in the public schools; was graduated from Millersville State…
(Encyclopedia) Eggleston, Edward, 1837–1902, American author, Methodist clergyman, b. Vevay, Ind., educated in frontier schools. Before 1870 he was a Bible agent, a farm worker, a circuit rider in…
