FLOWER, Roswell Pettibone, a Representative from New York; born in Theresa, Jefferson County, N.Y., August 7, 1835; attended the public schools, and was graduated from the Theresa High School…
CONNER, James Perry, a Representative from Iowa; born in Delaware County, Ind., January 27, 1851; attended the Upper Iowa University, Fayette, Iowa, and was graduated from the law department…
CUSACK, Thomas, a Representative from Illinois; born in Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland, October 5, 1858; immigrated to the United States in 1861 with his parents, who settled in New York City…
LANGWORTHY, Edward, a Delegate from Georgia; born in Savannah, Ga., in 1738; attended a school kept in connection with the Bethesda Orphan House, of which he was an inmate, and later became an…
PATTON, John Mercer, a Representative from Virginia; born in Fredericksburg, Va., August 10, 1797; attended Princeton College, and was graduated from the medical department of the University…
PETRI, Thomas Evert, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Marinette, Marinette County, Wis., May 28, 1940; graduated from Lowell P. Goodrich High School, Fond du Lac, Wis., 1958; A.B.,…
MEACHAM, James, a Representative from Vermont; born in Rutland, Rutland County, Vt., August 16, 1810; was graduated from Middlebury (Vt.) College in 1832; taught in the seminary at Castleton,…
(Encyclopedia) Thomson, Sir Joseph John, 1856–1940, English physicist. From 1884 to 1919 he was Cavendish professor of experimental physics at Cambridge. J. J. Thomson was one of the founders of…
(Encyclopedia) Hausa or HaussaHausaboth: houˈsə, –sä [key], black African ethnic group, numbering about 23 million, chiefly in N Nigeria and S Niger. The Hausa are almost exclusively Muslim and…
(Encyclopedia) HabakkukHabakkukhəbakˈək [key], prophetic book of the Bible. It is a collection of oracles, perhaps three in number, delivered against the backdrop of the Babylonian threat to Judah in…
