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McMillan, Edwin Mattison

(Encyclopedia) McMillan, Edwin Mattison, 1907–91, American physicist, b. Redondo Beach, Calif., grad. California Institute of Technology, 1928, Ph.D. Princeton, 1932. On the faculty of the Univ. of…

Trois Rivières

(Encyclopedia) Trois RivièresTrois Rivièrestrwä rēvyĕrˈ [key] or Three Rivers, city (1991 pop. 49,426), S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and St. Maurice rivers. It is a port and…

Herblock

(Encyclopedia) Herblock: see Block, Herbert Lawrence.

Durrell, Gerald

(Encyclopedia) Durrell, Gerald, see under Durrell, Lawrence.

William Stanley WEST, Congress, GA (1849-1914)

Senate Years of Service: 1914-1914Party: DemocratWEST, William Stanley, a Senator from Georgia; was born near Buena Vista, Marion County, Ga., on August 23, 1849; moved with his parents to…

Louis ST. MARTIN, Congress, LA (1820-1893)

ST. MARTIN, Louis, a Representative from Louisiana; born in St. Charles Parish, La., on May 17, 1820; attended St. Mary’s College, Missouri, and Jefferson College, Louisiana; entered a…

George Wesley ATKINSON, Congress, WV (1845-1925)

ATKINSON, George Wesley, a Representative from West Virginia; born near Charleston, Kanawha County, Va. (now West Virginia), June 29, 1845; attended the public schools of Charleston and was…

Ezekiel BACON, Congress, MA (1776-1870)

BACON, Ezekiel, (son of John Bacon and father of William Johnson Bacon), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., September 1, 1776; received a liberal schooling and was…

Tadema, Alma

(Encyclopedia) Tadema, Alma: see Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence.