actorBorn: 6/23/1947Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia An Australian actor who first gained fame in the critically acclaimed film Breaker Morant (1980), he also garnered leading roles…
BETTS, Jackson Edward, a Representative from Ohio; born in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, May 26, 1904; attended the public schools of Findlay, Ohio; graduated from Kenyon College, Gambier,…
GUYER, Tennyson, a Representative from Ohio; born in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, November 29, 1913; educated in the public schools of Findlay; performed with Hagenback-Wallace Circus; B.S…
FINDLAY, John Van Lear, a Representative from Maryland; born at Mount Tammany, near Williamsport, Washington County, Md., December 21, 1839; was privately tutored and pursued classical studies…
COLE, Raymond Clinton, (brother of Ralph Dayton Cole), a Representative from Ohio; born in Biglick Township, near Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, August 21, 1870; attended the common schools…
(Encyclopedia) Mitford, Nancy, 1904–73, English novelist and biographer, b. London. She managed a London bookshop during World War II and moved to Paris in 1945. Mitford and her five celebrated and…
COLE, Ralph Dayton, (brother of Raymond Clinton Cole), a Representative from Ohio; born in Vanlue, Hancock County, Ohio, November 30, 1873; attended the common schools; was graduated from…
writerBorn: 9/17/1932Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts While teaching at Boston area colleges, Robert Brown Parker began writing his series of mystery novels. The first, The Godwulf…
newspaper publisherBorn: 1799Birthplace: Port Antonio, Jamaica Born to a slave mother and a white American merchant father, Russwurm was educated in Quebec and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1826…
magazine editor, writerBorn: 2/18/1922Birthplace: Green Forest, Ark. Helen Gurley studied at Texas State College for Women (now Texas Women's University) from 1939 to 1941, and at Woodbury Business…
