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Theodore FRELINGHUYSEN, Congress, NJ (1787-1862)

Senate Years of Service: 1829-1835Party: Anti-JacksonianFRELINGHUYSEN, Theodore, (son of Frederick Frelinghuysen, uncle and adoptive father of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, great-uncle of…

Willie Person MANGUM, Congress, NC (1792-1861)

Senate Years of Service: 1831-1836; 1840-1853Party: Jacksonian; Anti-Jacksonian; WhigMANGUM, Willie Person, a Representative and a Senator from North Carolina; born in Orange (now Durham)…

Philippines: Presidents

Presidents Manuel L. Quezon (1935–1944)   Jorge B. Vargas, president of the Executive Commission of the Philippine Council of State (1943)   José P.…

Hardcover

Here are the best-selling children's books of all time (through the end of 2000), with author and year of initial publication, compiled by Publishers Weekly. OP means the book is no longer in print…

Huxley, Aldous Leonard

(Encyclopedia) Huxley, Aldous Leonard, 1894–1963, English author; grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley, brother of Sir Julian Huxley, and half-brother of Sir Andrew Huxley. Educated at Eton and Oxford, he…

Beach Boys, The

(Encyclopedia) Beach Boys, The, American rock music band formed in 1961 by brothers Brian Wilson, 1942–, Dennis Wilson, 1944–83, and Carl…

Jackson, Shirley

(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Shirley, 1916–65, American writer, b. San Francisco. She is best known for her stories and novels of horror and the occult, rendered more terrifying because they are set…

Mendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovich

(Encyclopedia) Mendeleev, Dmitri IvanovichMendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovichmĕndəlāˈəf, Rus. dəmēˈtrē ēväˈnəvĭch myĭndyĭlyāˈəf [key], 1834–1907, Russian chemist. He is famous for his formulation (1869) of…

Kertész, André

(Encyclopedia) Kertész, AndréKertész, Andrékĕrtĕshˈ [key], 1894–1985, American photographer, b. Budapest. His black-and-white modernist photographs often capture small, lyrical, and emotionally…