(Encyclopedia) Guy, ThomasGuy, Thomasgī [key], 1645?–1724, English philanthropist, founder of Guy's Hospital, London (1721). As a printer and bookseller, Guy amassed a fortune, which he devoted to…
(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Guy, c.1740–1788, Loyalist leader in colonial New York, b. Ireland. He emigrated to America as a boy and married (1763) a daughter of Sir William Johnson, whom he succeeded as…
(Encyclopedia) Mollet, GuyMollet, Guygē môlĕˈ [key], 1905–75, French politician. A former schoolteacher and a wartime resistance fighter, he rose to prominence in the Socialist party after World War…
Guy Fawkes DayThe anniversary of the famous Gunpowder Plot
Remember remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be…
(Encyclopedia) Philby, Kim (Harold Adrian Russell Philby), 1912–88, British double agent, son of Harry St. John Bridger Philby, studied Trinity College, Cambridge. A longtime high-ranking member of…
Senate Years of Service: 1818-1829Party: Democratic Republican; Crawford Republican; AdamsTHOMAS, Jesse Burgess, a Delegate from Indiana Territory and a Senator from Illinois; born in…
BURGESS, Michael C., a Representative from Texas; born in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., December 23, 1950; B.S., North Texas State University, Denton, Tex., 1972; M.S., North Texas State…
CROWE, Eugene Burgess, a Representative from Indiana; born near Jeffersonville, Clark County, Ind., January 5, 1878; attended the rural schools and Borden (Ind.) Academy; taught in county…
HOWARD, Everette Burgess, a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Morgantown, Butler County, Ky., September 19, 1873; attended the public schools; learned the art of printing and engaged in…
BURGESS, George Farmer, a Representative from Texas; born in Wharton, Wharton County, Tex., September 21, 1861; attended the common schools; moved with his mother to Fayette County in 1880 and…
