WAGNER, Earl Thomas, a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, April 27, 1908; attended parochial and public schools; was graduated from the Salmon P. Chase…
LITTLE, Joseph James, a Representative from New York; born in Bristol, England, June 5, 1841; immigrated to the United States in 1846 with his parents, who settled in Morris, Otsego County, N.…
PRATT, Joseph Marmaduke, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., September 4, 1891; moved with his parents to Philadelphia, Pa. in 1892; attended the public…
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.,…
(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) Darwin, Erasmus, 1731–1802, English physician and poet. During most of his life he practiced medicine in Lichfield and cultivated a botanical garden. He was a prominent member of the…
(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…
