actorBorn: October 1, 1921Died: February 6, 2009 (Malibu, California, USA) Best Known as: character actor James Whitmore's long career on the stage and screen…
(Encyclopedia) Casaubon, IsaacCasaubon, Isaackəsôˈbən [key], Fr. Cartier, Jacquesēzäkˈ käzōbôNˈ [key], 1559–1614, Franco-English classical scholar and theologian, b. Geneva. He became professor of…
Founder of the American Red CrossBorn: 1821 Clara Barton taught school in her native Massachusetts before moving to Washington, DC, in 1854 to work as a clerk in the U.S. Patent Office. Almost from…
(Encyclopedia) Primo de Rivera, José AntonioPrimo de Rivera, José Antonioprēˈmō ᵺā rēvāˈrä [key], 1903–36, Spanish political leader, son of Miguel Primo de Rivera. Founder (1933) of the Falange, the…
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(Encyclopedia) Vandervelde, ÉmileVandervelde, Émileāmēlˈ vändĕrvĕlˈdə [key], 1866–1938, Belgian statesman and Socialist leader. He entered parliament in 1894, and served in many cabinets, notably as…
(Encyclopedia) Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
Year
Recipient(s)
1969
Ragnar FrischJan Tinbergen
1970
Paul A. Samuelson
1971
Simon Kuznets
1972
Sir John R…
William JaggardThomas JamesJeremiah Whipple JenksGeorg JensenNicolas Jenson William Stanley JevonsSteve JobsJohn of SpeyerEldridge Reeves JohnsonEmory Richard JohnsonHoward JohnsonTom Loftin…
(Encyclopedia) Faure, FélixFaure, Félixfālēksˈ [key]Faure, Félix fōr [key], 1841–99, president of the French republic (1895–99). A leather merchant, he served in the Franco-Prussian War and became an…
