(Encyclopedia) Chevalier, MauriceChevalier, Mauriceshəvălˈyā, Fr. mōrēsˈ shəvälyāˈ [key], 1888–1972, French singer and film actor. He made his debut in 1900 singing and dancing at the Casino de…
(Encyclopedia) Créquy or Créqui, François, chevalier deCréquy or Créqui, François, chevalier defräNswäˈ shəvälyāˈ də krākēˈ [key], c.1629–87, marshal of France. Having fought in the Thirty Years War…
(Encyclopedia) Chevalier, MichelChevalier, Michelmēshĕlˈ [key]Chevalier, Michel shəvälyāˈ [key], 1806–79, French economist. An ardent Saint-Simonian as a youth, he later favored a form of welfare…
(Encyclopedia) Chrétien de Troyes or Chrestien de TroyesChrétien de Troyesboth: krātyăNˈ də trwä [key], fl. 1170, French poet, author of the first great literary treatments of the Arthurian legend.…
(Encyclopedia) Maistre, Joseph deMaistre, Joseph dezhôzĕfˈ də mĕsˈtrə [key], 1753–1821, French writer and diplomat. Born in Savoy, he was Sardinian ambassador at St. Petersburg from 1803 to 1817. A…
Senate Years of Service: 1973-2009Party: DemocratBIDEN, Joseph Robinette, Jr., a Senator from Delaware and a Vice President of the United States; born in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa.,…
Senate Years of Service: 1856-1857Party: OppositionCOMEGYS, Joseph Parsons, a Senator from Delaware; born in âCherbourg,â Kent County, near Dover, Del., December 29, 1813; attended the old…
inventor of barbed wireBorn: 1/18/1813Birthplace: Charlestown, N.H. Glidden grew up on his father's farms in New Hampshire and (later) New York State. In 1837 he married Clarissa Foster, and the…
