WILLIAMS, Lewis, (brother of John Williams, of Tennessee, and Robert Williams and cousin of Marmaduke Williams), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Surry County, N.C., February 1,…
so far as it is known courtesy of HarperCollins 1 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 1 Creation of Narnia. The Beasts made able to talk. Digory plants the Tree of Protection. The White Witch…
Here are the key news events of the month organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. World Former…
inventorBorn: 20 July 1916Best Known as: inventor of tempered glass Harold McMaster invented tempered glass which is indispensible in modern skyscrapers and any…
(Encyclopedia) Dunant, Jean HenriDunant, Jean HenrizhäN äNrēˈ dünäNˈ [key], 1828–1910, Swiss philanthropist and founder of the International Red Cross, b. Geneva. In 1862 appeared his Un souvenir de…
(Encyclopedia) conceptualism, in philosophy, position taken on the problem of universals, initially by Peter Abelard in the 12th cent. Like nominalism it denied that universals exist independently of…
BEALE, Charles Lewis, a Representative from New York; born in Canaan, Columbia County, N.Y., March 5, 1824; was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1844; studied law; was…
BOYER, Lewis Leonard, a Representative from Illinois; born on a farm near Richfield, Richfield Township, Adams County, Ill., May 19, 1886; attended the rural schools; taught school at Douglas…
