COMPTON, C. H. Ranulf, a Representative from Connecticut; born in Poe, Allen County, Ind., September 16, 1878; attended the public schools at Indianapolis, Ind.; was graduated from the Howe…
(Encyclopedia) Williams, John, 1796–1839, English missionary, called the Apostle of Polynesia. Under the London Missionary Society he went (1817) to the Society Islands. He discovered Rarotonga in…
(Encyclopedia) Nevins, Allan, 1890–1971, American historian, b. Camp Point, Ill. After studying at the Univ. of Illinois, he followed a career in journalism until 1927. Teaching at Columbia from 1928…
(Encyclopedia) Knox, John, 1514?–1572, Scottish religious reformer, founder of Scottish Presbyterianism.
In 1557 the Scottish Protestant nobles signed their First Covenant, banding together to…
(Encyclopedia) McTaggart, John McTaggart Ellis, 1866–1925, British philosopher. A student of G. W. Hegel, by whom he was strongly influenced, he taught at Trinity College, Cambridge (1897–1923).…
SMITH, Virginia Dodd, a Representative from Nebraska; born Virginia Dodd in Randolph, Fremont County, Iowa, June 30, 1911; attended Manti Rural School (elementary) in Fremont County, Iowa;…
(Encyclopedia) Buchanan, James, 1791–1868, 15th President of the United States (1857–61), b. near Mercersburg, Pa., grad. Dickinson College, 1809.
Buchanan was nominated as a Democratic candidate…
The first five editions of The Columbia Encyclopedia were published in 1935, 1950, 1963, 1975, and 1993. All editions owe a debt of gratitude to Clark Fisher Ansley, the editor of the first edition,…
PRENTISS, Seargent Smith, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, September 30, 1808; attended Gorham (Maine) Academy and was graduated from Bowdoin…
