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James Clavell

(Charles Edmund DuMaresq de Clavelle)screenwriter, director, producer, novelistBorn: 10/10/1924Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Although he wrote the screenplays for a number of…

Martin Luther King, Jr., Biography

1929—1968, American clergyman and civil rights leader   Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., prepares to speak to a crowd of 200,000 marchers in Washingtion, DC. Related Links Martin Luther King…

Ralston, James Layton

(Encyclopedia) Ralston, James LaytonRalston, James Laytonrôlˈstən [key], 1881–1948, Canadian cabinet minister, b. Nova Scotia. In the first Mackenzie King administration, he was minister of national…

Gibbons, James

(Encyclopedia) Gibbons, James, 1834–1921, American churchman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic church, b. Baltimore. Ordained in 1861, he became secretary to the archbishop of Baltimore in 1865, vicar…

Meredith, James

  civil-rights leader, authorBorn: 6/25/33Birthplace: Kosciusko, Miss.   James Meredith was one of the pioneers of the civil rights movement. In 1962 he became the first Black student to…

Rufus KING, Congress, NY (1755-1827)

Senate Years of Service: 1789-1795; 1795-1796; 1813-1823; 1823-1825 Party: Pro-Administration; Federalist; Federalist; Adams-Clay Federalist KING, Rufus, (half brother of Cyrus King and father…

Ussher, James

(Encyclopedia) Ussher or Usher, JamesUssher or Usher, Jamesboth: ŭshˈər [key], 1581–1656, Irish prelate and scholar. While a fellow (1599–1605) of Trinity College, Dublin, he was ordained (1601). By…

James Monroe

Born: 4/28/1758Birthplace: Westmoreland County, Va. James Monroe was born on April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Va. A William and Mary graduate, he served in the army during the first years of…

James, M. R.

(Encyclopedia) James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes James), 1862–1936, English scholar, educator, and writer. He attended Eton and King's College, Cambridge, became (1887) a fellow at King's, and held…

Peter III, king of Aragón and king of Sicily

(Encyclopedia) Peter III (Peter the Great), 1239?–1285, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona (1276–85) and king of Sicily (1282–85); son and successor of James I. In 1280 he established Aragonese…