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Cotton, George Edward Lynch

(Encyclopedia) Cotton, George Edward Lynch, 1813–66, English clergyman and educator, grad. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1836. From 1837 until 1852 he was an assistant master at Rugby and is the “young…

John Roy LYNCH, Congress, MS (1847-1939)

LYNCH, John Roy, a Representative from Mississippi; born near Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La., September 10, 1847; after his father’s death moved with his mother to Natchez, Miss., in 1863,…

Thomas LYNCH, Jr., Congress, SC (1749-1779)

LYNCH, Thomas, Jr., (son of Thomas Lynch [1727-1776]), a Delegate from South Carolina; born in Prince George’s Parish, Winyah, S.C., August 5, 1749; educated at Eton and Cambridge, England,…

Walter Aloysius LYNCH, Congress, NY (1894-1957)

LYNCH, Walter Aloysius, a Representative from New York; born in New York City July 7, 1894; attended St. Jerome’s Parochial School and Fordham Preparatory School; was graduated from Fordham…

Mitford, Nancy

(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…

Merrill, Charles Edward

(Encyclopedia) Merrill, Charles Edward, 1885–1956, American stockbroker and investment banker, founder of Merrill Lynch & Co., b. Green Cove Springs, Fla. Forced by financial hardship to leave…

lynching

(Encyclopedia) lynching, unlawfully hanging or otherwise killing a person by mob action. The term is derived from the older term lynch law, which is most likely named after either Capt. William Lynch…

Piozzi, Mrs.

(Encyclopedia) Piozzi, Mrs.: see Thrale, Hester Lynch.

Galway, city, Republic of Ireland

(Encyclopedia) Galway, city, seat of Co. Galway, W Republic of Ireland, on Galway Bay near the mouth of the Corrib River. Industries include tourism,…