GILHAMS, Clarence Chauncey, a Representative from Indiana; born in Brighton, Lagrange County, Ind., April 11, 1860; attended the common schools and the State normal school at Terre Haute, Ind…
(Encyclopedia) Phoenix Islands, group of eight islands, 11 sq mi (28 sq km), central Pacific, N of Samoa. The chain comprises a portion of Kiribati. The two most important are Kanton (or Abariringa)…
(Encyclopedia) Eichholtz, JacobEichholtz, Jacobīkhˈhôlts [key], 1776–1842, American portrait painter, b. Lancaster, Pa.; pupil of Gilbert Stuart in Boston but mainly self-taught. He painted portraits…
(Encyclopedia) Feller, Bob (Robert William Andrew Feller), 1918–2010, American baseball player, b. Van Meter, Iowa. Famous for his blazing fastball, he also had extraordinary curveballs and sinkers…
(Encyclopedia) Fosse, Bob (Robert Louis Fosse)Fosse, Bobfôˈsē, fŏsˈē [key], 1927–87, American choreographer and director, b. Chicago. Generally recognized as the most talented and influential…
actorBorn: 5/24/1965Birthplace: Chicago Reilly has avoided the scorching gaze of the media despite significant roles in several recent hit movies. Reilly's acting career began inauspiciously in…
DONNAN, William G., a Representative from Iowa; born in West Charlton, N.Y., June 30, 1834; attended the district schools and Cambridge Academy; was graduated from Union College, New York, in…
Senate Years of Service: 1871-1877Party: RepublicanHITCHCOCK, Phineas Warren, (father of Gilbert Monell Hitchcock), a Delegate and a Senator from Nebraska; born in New Lebanon, Columbia County…
Biography of the 18th-century English feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, an 18th-century English feminist, believed that equal education among men and women would ensure the equal status…
