Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Mississippi Member Name Birth-Death ABERNETHY, Thomas Gerstle 1903-1998 ADAMS, Robert Huntington 1792-1830…
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(Encyclopedia) George of TrebizondGeorge of Trebizondtrĕbˈĭzŏnd [key], c.1396–1486, Greek scholar, b. Crete. Settling in Venice, he taught Greek, philosophy, and rhetoric there and in Vicenza before…
(Encyclopedia) Roddenberry, Gene (Eugene Wesley Roddenberry), 1921–91, American television writer and producer, b. El Paso, Tex. After being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal…
(Encyclopedia) Nevin, Ethelbert Woodbridge, 1862–1901, American pianist and composer, b. Edgeworth, Pa., studied in Boston and in Germany. He made his debut as a pianist in Pittsburgh in 1886 but…
(Encyclopedia) OudenaardeOudenaardeouˌdənärˈdə [key], Fr. Audenarde, commune (1991 pop. 27,162), East Flanders prov., W Belgium, on the Scheldt River. It is a textile center and a rail junction. At…
RINGGOLD, Samuel, a Representative from Maryland; born in Chestertown, Md., January 15, 1770; received a limited schooling; moved to Washington County, Md., and settled at Fountain Rock, near…
FLOWER, Roswell Pettibone, a Representative from New York; born in Theresa, Jefferson County, N.Y., August 7, 1835; attended the public schools, and was graduated from the Theresa High School…
CABLE, Joseph, (great-grandfather of John Levi Cable), a Representative from Ohio; born in Jefferson County, then in the Terrritory Northwest of the River Ohio (now in the State of Ohio),…
CALHOUN, Joseph, (cousin of John Caldwell Calhoun and John Ewing Colhoun), a Representative from South Carolina; born in Staunton, Augusta County, Va., October 22, 1750; moved with his father…
