(Encyclopedia) Stanley, Sir Henry Morton, 1841–1904, Anglo-American journalist, explorer, and empire builder, b. Denbigh, Wales. He grew up in poverty and came to America as a worker on a ship, which…
(Encyclopedia) Liddell Hart, Sir Basil HenryLiddell Hart, Sir Basil Henrylĭˈdəl härt [key], 1895–1970, English author and military strategist, b. Paris. His education at Cambridge was interrupted by…
(Encyclopedia) Australian literature, the literature of Australia. Because the vast majority of early Australian settlers were transported prisoners, the beginnings of Australian literature were oral…
Jacobus Van CortlandtStephen Van CortlandtCornelius VanderbiltWilliam Henry VanderbiltSir William Cornelius Van HorneKiliaen Van RensselaerMartha Van RensselaerMatthew VassarThorstein VeblenFrancis…
GARLAND, Rice, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Lynchburg, Va., about 1795; pursued an academic course; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice; moved to Opelousas…
BURROUGHS, Sherman Everett, a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Dunbarton, Merrimack County, N.H., February 6, 1870; attended the public schools, and was graduated from Dartmouth…
CANDLER, Ezekiel Samuel, Jr., (nephew of Milton A. Candler and cousin of Allen Daniel Candler), a Representative from Mississippi; born in Belleville, Hamilton County, Fla., January 18, 1862;…
KITCHIN, William Hodges, (father of Claude Kitchin and William Walton Kitchin, and grandfather of A. Paul Kitchin), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Lauderdale County, Ala.,…
(Encyclopedia) Weiser, ConradWeiser, Conradwīzˈər [key], 1696–1760, American pioneer, b. Württemberg, Germany. Arriving in America in 1710, his family settled in Livingston Manor, N.Y., and later at…
