(Encyclopedia) Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London, opened in 1852 as the Museum of Manufacturers at Marlborough House. It originally contained a nucleus of contemporary objects of…
(Encyclopedia) Uralic and Altaic languagesUralic and Altaic languagesy&oobreve;rălˈĭk, ăltāˈĭk [key], two groups of related languages thought by many scholars to form a single Ural-Altaic…
STEERS, Newton Ivan, Jr., a Representative from Maryland; born in Glen Ridge, Essex County, N.J., January 13, 1917; attended the public schools of White Plains, N.Y.; graduated from the…
PRATT, Ruth Sears Baker, a Representative from New York; born in Ware, Mass., August 24, 1877; attended private schools and Wellesley (Mass.) College; moved to Greenwich, Conn., in 1894 and to…
RHODES, Marion Edwards, a Representative from Missouri; born on a farm near Glen Allen, Bollinger County, Mo., January 4, 1868; attended the public schools and Will Mayfield College; was…
CARROLL, Daniel, (uncle of Richard Brent, cousin of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, and Charles Carroll âBarristerâ), a Delegate and a Representative from Maryland; born in Upper Marlboro,…
COOPER, Mark Anthony, (cousin of Eugenius Aristides Nisbet), a Representative from Georgia; born near Powellton, Hancock County, Ga., on April 20, 1800; graduated from South Carolina College (…
ZIHLMAN, Frederick Nicholas, a Representative from Maryland; born in Carnegie, Allegheny County, Pa., October 2, 1879; moved to Maryland with his parents, who settled in Cumberland in 1882;…
