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Jonathan CILLEY, Congress, ME (1802-1838)

CILLEY, Jonathan, (nephew of Bradbury Cilley and brother of Joseph Cilley), a Representative from Maine; born in Nottingham, Rockingham County, N.H., July 2, 1802; attended Atkinson Academy,…

Abner Clark HARDING, Congress, IL (1807-1874)

HARDING, Abner Clark, a Representative from Illinois; born in East Hampton, Middlesex County, Conn., February 10, 1807; attended Hamilton Academy, Clinton, N.Y.; studied law; was admitted to…

Ashbel Parmelee FITCH, Congress, NY (1848-1904)

FITCH, Ashbel Parmelee, a Representative from New York; born in Moores, Clinton County, N.Y., October 8, 1848; attended the public schools of New York, Williston Seminary, East Hampton, Mass…

Köpenick

(Encyclopedia) KöpenickKöpenickköˈpənĭk [key], district of Berlin, E Germany, at the confluence of the Spree and Dahme rivers. It is an industrial center and a tourist spot, with forests and large…

Eastman, George

(Encyclopedia) Eastman, George, 1854–1932, American inventor, industrialist, and philanthropist, b. Waterville, N.Y. By mass production of his photographic inventions, Eastman enormously stimulated…

Clark, Kenneth Bancroft

(Encyclopedia) Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914–2005, American psychologist and educator, b. Panama Canal Zone, grad. Howard (B.A., 1935) and Columbia (Ph.D., 1940). Clark taught psychology at Howard (…

Lutyens, Sir Edwin Landseer

(Encyclopedia) Lutyens, Sir Edwin LandseerLutyens, Sir Edwin Landseerlŭˈchənz, lŭˈtyənz [key], 1869–1944, English architect. He began his career designing small houses in Surrey and later executed a…

Samuel Walker McCALL, Congress, MA (1851-1923)

McCALL, Samuel Walker, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in East Providence, Bedford County, Pa., February 28, 1851; spent his early life in Illinois; attended the Mount Carroll (Ill…

SMITH, Thomas, Congress, PA (1745-1809)

SMITH, Thomas, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born near Cruden, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1745; pursued preparatory studies; attended the University of Edinburgh, Scotland; immigrated to the…