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Auchinleck, Sir Claude John Eyre

(Encyclopedia) Auchinleck, Sir Claude John EyreAuchinleck, Sir Claude John Eyreâr ôˌkĭnlĕkˈ, ôˌkhĭn– [key], 1884–1981, British field marshal. In World War II he commanded briefly (1940) at Narvik,…

Rhodes, Cecil John

(Encyclopedia) Rhodes, Cecil JohnRhodes, Cecil Johnsĕsˈĭl, rōdz [key], 1853–1902, British imperialist and business magnate. A trip in 1875 through the rich territories of Transvaal and…

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald

(Encyclopedia) Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917–63, 35th President of the United States (1961–63), b. Brookline, Mass.; son of Joseph P. Kennedy. On Nov. 22, 1963, President Kennedy was shot and…

Edward BRADLEY, Congress, MI (1808-1847)

BRADLEY, Edward, a Representative from Michigan; born in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, N.Y., in April 1808; attended the common schools and the local academy in Canandaigua; associate judge…

Brown, John, American abolitionist

(Encyclopedia) Brown, John, 1800–1859, American abolitionist, b. Torrington, Conn. He spent his boyhood in Ohio. Before he became prominent in the…

Collins, Patricia Hill

(Encyclopedia) Collins, Patricia Hill, 1948–, American sociologist and social theorist, b. Philadelphia, Ph.D. Brandeis University, 1984. A noted…

Ulysses Samuel GUYER, Congress, KS (1868-1943)

GUYER, Ulysses Samuel, a Representative from Kansas; born near Pawpaw, Lee County, Ill., December 13, 1868; attended the public schools, Lane University at Lecompton, Kans., and the University…

Don FUQUA, Congress, FL (1933)

FUQUA, Don, a Representative from Florida; born in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., August 20, 1933; when four years old moved with his family to a farm in Calhoun County, near Altha, Fla.;…