(Encyclopedia) Beresford, JohnBeresford, Johnbĕrˈĭzfərd, –ĭs– [key], 1738–1805, Anglo-Irish Protestant politician. He entered the Irish Parliament in 1760, became a privy councillor (1768), a…
(Encyclopedia) Loyola University of Chicago, at Chicago; Jesuit; coeducational; est. 1870 as St. Ignatius College, present name adopted 1909. It has a liberal arts college and a graduate school, as…
REED, Edward Cambridge, a Representative from New York; born in Fitzwilliam, N.H., March 8, 1793; attended the common schools; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1812;…
(Encyclopedia) Clare, John Fitzgibbon, 1st earl of, 1749–1802, Irish statesman. He was (1783–89) attorney general of Ireland and in 1789 became lord chancellor. A resolute upholder of the Protestant…
actorBorn: October 17, 1974Birthplace: Norfolk, EnglandBest Known as: Mr. Darcy in 2005âs Pride and Prejudice The son of an actress and drama teacher, MacFadyen is…
actorBorn: October 17, 1974Birthplace: Norfolk, EnglandBest Known as: Mr. Darcy in 2005âs Pride and Prejudice The son of an actress and drama teacher, MacFadyen is…
(1st Viscount Leverhulme of the Western Isles)soap-maker, philanthropistBorn: 9/19/1851Birthplace: Bolton, Greater Manchester, England Lever and his brother, James Darcy Lever, turned the soap-…
musicianBorn: 3/17/1967Birthplace: Elk Grove, Illinois Lead singer of the rock band Smashing Pumpkins, which rose to popularity during the heyday of the grunge era. After playing with a band in…
