(Encyclopedia) Wise, Isaac Mayer, 1819–1900, American rabbi, founder of organized Reform Judaism in the United States, b. Bohemia, studied at the Univ. of Vienna. He settled in the United States in…
(Encyclopedia) Wistar, Isaac Jones, 1827–1905, American financier, b. Philadelphia; great-nephew of Caspar Wistar. His early manhood was spent adventurously in the West as a muleteer, trapper, and…
(Encyclopedia) Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818–62, American army engineer, territorial governor, and Union general in the Civil War, b. North Andover (then part of Andover), Mass., grad. West Point,…
(Encyclopedia) Brock, Sir Isaac, 1769–1812, British general, Canadian hero of the War of 1812. A British army officer, he was sent to Canada in 1802 and was given command (1806) of Upper and Lower…
(Encyclopedia) Cape CanaveralCape Canaveralkənăvˈərəl [key], low, sandy promontory extending E into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island, E Fla., separated from Merritt Island by the Banana River…
actressBorn: 3/22/1955Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden Olin won the New York Film Critics Award and received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film based on Isaac…
Black activist Born: 1942Birthplace: Monroe, La. Newton, with Bobby Seale, founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. Illiterate when he graduated from high school, Newton taught himself how…
HEWES, Joseph, a Delegate from North Carolina; born in Kingston, N.J., January 23, 1730; pursued classical studies and attended Princeton College; engaged in business in Philadelphia, Pa.;…
MOTTE, Isaac, a Delegate from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., December 8, 1738; appointed ensign in His Majestyâs Sixtieth Royal American Regiment, December 19, 1756, and promoted…
PARKER, Isaac, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., June 17, 1768; attended the common schools and was graduated from Harvard University in 1786; studied law; was…
