aviatorBorn: 8/17/1911Died: 3/19/2010 ( Palo Alto, Calif.) Best Known as: pioneering female aviator One of the youngest pioneers of aviation, Elinor Smith (born…
former prime ministerDied: Nov. 20, 2007 (South Africa) Best Known as: former prime minister of Rhodesia Former prime minister of Rhodesia, who avowed that white…
DE FOREST, Robert Elliott, a Representative from Connecticut; born in Guilford, New Haven County, Conn., February 20, 1845; attended the common schools; was graduated from Guilford Academy in…
SMITH, Ballard, a Representative from Virginia; born in Hanover County, Va., birth date unknown; served as lieutenant in the Army during the Revolutionary War; member of the State house of…
SMITH, George, a Representative from Pennsylvania; birth date unknown; elected as a Republican to the Eleventh and Twelfth Congresses (March 4, 1809-March 3, 1813); death date unknown.…
SMITH, Samuel, a Representative from Pennsylvania; birth date unknown; associate judge of Erie County, Pa., 1803-1805, when he resigned; elected as a Republican to the Ninth Congress to fill the…
SMITH, William, a Representative from Virginia; born in Chesterfield, Va., birth date unknown; completed preparatory studies; member of the Virginia state house of delegates, 1782; elected as a…
(Encyclopedia) O'Brien, William Smith, 1803–64, Irish revolutionary. He entered Parliament from Ireland in 1828 and worked for Catholic Emancipation, Irish poor relief, and state support of the Irish…
(Encyclopedia) Patton, George Smith, Jr., 1885–1945, American general, b. San Gabriel, Calif. A graduate of West Point (1909), he served in World War I and was wounded while commanding a tank brigade…
(Encyclopedia) Wiggin, Kate Douglas (Smith), 1856–1923, American author and educator, b. Philadelphia. In San Francisco she organized the first free kindergartens on the Pacific coast (1878) and with…
