(Encyclopedia) Bacon, Francis, 1561–1626, English philosopher, essayist, and statesman, b. London, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and at Gray's Inn. He was the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon,…
Senate Years of Service: 1929-1935Party: RepublicanKEAN, Hamilton Fish, (father of Robert Winthrop Kean, brother of John Kean [1852-1914], and great-grandson of John Kean [1756-1795]), a…
KEE, James, (son of John Kee and Maude Elizabeth Kee), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Bluefield, Mercer County, W.Va., April 15, 1917; educated in the public schools and Sacred…
FOWLER, Charles Newell, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Lena, Stephenson County, Ill., November 2, 1852; attended the public schools in Lena, Ill., and Beloit College, Beloit, Wis.;…
DWYER, Florence Price, a Representative from New Jersey; born Florence Louise Price, July 4, 1902, in Reading, Berks County, Pa.; attended the public schools in Reading, Pa., and Toledo, Ohio…
The ACEEE's Green Book®, a buyer's guide to environmentally friendly passenger vehicles, rates cars according to their emissions and fuel consumption, and publishes an annual list…
DAYTON, Elias, (father of Jonathan Dayton), a Delegate from New Jersey; born in Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth), N.J., May 1, 1737; apprenticed as a mechanic; completed preparatory studies;…
Susannahsurvivor of the AlamoBorn: circa 1814Birthplace: possibly Williamson County, Tenn. Dickinson grew up poor and illiterate. When she was 15, she married Almaron Dickinson, a blacksmith. The…
Royal Delivery The world watches and welcomes Prince William and Catherine's first born, a boy named George Alexander Louis. Related Links Prince William and Kate…
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