CLARK, Samuel Mercer, a Representative from Iowa; born near Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa, October 11, 1842; attended the public schools and the Des Moines Valley College, West Point, Iowa…
DANFORTH, Henry Gold, a Representative from New York; born in the town of Gates (now part of Rochester), Monroe County, N.Y., June 14, 1854; attended private schools in Rochester, N.Y., and…
(Encyclopedia) Fry, Christopher, 1907–2005, English dramatist, b. Bristol as Christopher Fry Harris. Like his friend and mentor, T. S. Eliot, he was one of the few 20th-century dramatists to write…
(Encyclopedia) Pond, Peter, 1740–1807, American fur trader and explorer of the Old Northwest, b. Milford, Conn. He served in the French and Indian War and in 1765 became a western trader from Detroit…
(Encyclopedia) RostockRostockrôsˈtôk [key] or Rostock-WarnemündeRostock–värˌnəmünˈdə [key], city (1994 pop. 237,307), Mecklenburg–West Pomerania, NE Germany, on the Baltic Sea. It is an industrial…
(Encyclopedia) SamnitesSamnitessămˈnīts [key], people of ancient Italy. Their country was Samnium. The Samnites were Oscan-speaking and therefore should be included among the Sabelli. The Tabula…
(Encyclopedia) OlbiaOlbiaŏlˈbēə [key], Ionic Greek colony of Miletus, founded at the beginning of the 6th cent. b.c. It is on the right bank of the Buh River between Mykolayiv and Ochakiv, S central…
(Encyclopedia) Noatak National Preserve, 6,569,904 acres (2,660,811 hectares), N Alaska. The preserve is the largest mountain-ringed river basin in the United States that is still virtually…
OâHARA, Joseph Patrick, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa, January 23, 1895; attended the public schools and graduated from Spirit Lake, Iowa, High School;…
RICHMOND, James Buchanan, a Representative from Virginia; born in Turkey Cove, Lee County, Va., February 27, 1842; attended Emory and Henry College, Emory, Va.; studied law; was admitted to…
