BUCHANAN, Vera Daerr, (wife of Frank Buchanan), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Wilson (later a part of Clairton), Allegheny County, Pa., July 20, 1902; moved to Duquesne, Pa., and…
(Encyclopedia) Longford, ElizabethLongford, Elizabethlôngˈfərd [key], 1906–2002, British author. Born Elizabeth Harman, she married (1931) Frank Pakenham, later (1961) earl of Longford. She was…
(Encyclopedia) Henderson, Richard, 1945–, Scottish molecular biologist, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1969. Henderson has been a researcher at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge since 1973. In 2017…
(Encyclopedia) Forrestal, James VincentForrestal, James Vincentfôrˈĭstôlˌ, fŏrˈ– [key], 1892–1949, U.S. secretary of the navy (1944–47) and secretary of defense (1947–49), b. Beacon, N.Y. He was a…
(Encyclopedia) Franck, César AugusteFranck, César Augustesāzärˈ ōgüstˈ fräNk [key], 1822–90, Belgian-French composer and organist. He studied at the conservatories of Liège and Paris, taking prizes…
(Encyclopedia) Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), officially the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, independent U.S. government agency responsible for most of the federal oversight…
(Encyclopedia) Shadwell, Thomas, 1642?–1692, English dramatist and poet. His plays, written in the tradition of Jonson's comedy of humours, are distinguished for their realistic pictures of London…
Members of Congress don't need postage stamps for their official mail—they just need a frank. No, not a hot dog! It's their signature on the outside of envelopes that hold letters mailed to…
PALFREY, John Gorham, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., May 2, 1796; completed preparatory studies in Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., and was graduated from…
APPLEBY, Stewart Hoffman, (son of Theodore Frank Appleby), a Representative from New Jersey; born in Asbury Park, Monmouth County, N.J., May 17, 1890; attended the public schools of Asbury…
