(Encyclopedia) White, Theodore H., 1915–86, Americal political journalist, b. Boston. After freelancing for the Boston Globe and the Manchester Guardian, he was recruited by John Hersey to cover East…
Born: 1902Birthplace: Amoy, China Transistor—Bardeen, Shockley and Brattain shared the 1956 Nobel Prize for Physics for the invention of the transistor. The transistor replaced the vacuum tube and…
LAWRENCE, John Watson, a Representative from New York; born in Flushing, N.Y., in August 1800; attended the local schools; engaged as a mercantile clerk; president of the village of Flushing…
(Encyclopedia) Watson Lake, village (1991 pop. 912), SE Yukon, Canada, near the Liard River and the British Columbia border. It is a Royal Canadian Mounted Police Post, with an airfield and a radio…
(Henry John Heinz)food manufacturerBorn: 1844Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pa. He began his career in the food and condiments business selling garden vegetables to neighbors, and moved up to selling to…
(Encyclopedia) Roberts, Richard John, 1943–, British biochemist, Ph.D., Univ. of Sheffield, 1968. Roberts joined James D. Watson's Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York in 1972, becoming…
WATSON, Albert William, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Sumter, Sumter County, S.C., August 30, 1922; attended the public schools of Columbia, S.C.; attended North Greenville…
Senate Years of Service: 1911-1913Party: DemocratWATSON, Clarence Wayland, a Senator from West Virginia; born in Fairmont, Marion County, W.Va., May 8, 1864; attended the public schools of…
WATSON, Cooper Kinderdine, a Representative from Ohio; born in Jefferson County, Ky., June 18, 1810; pursued preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in…
WATSON, David Kemper, a Representative from Ohio; born near London, Madison County, Ohio, on June 18, 1849; was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1871 and from the law…
