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Notable Explorers

Christopher Columbus See also Columbus and Other Explorers Notable Women Adventurers People in the News Recent Obituaries Related Links Quiz: Explorers Quiz: Women Adventurers…

Notable Explorers

Notable Explorers Christopher Columbus See also Columbus and Other Explorers Notable Women Adventurers People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Quiz: Explorers Quiz:…

Talley, André Leon

(Encyclopedia) Talley, André Leon, 1948-2022, American fashion journalist and consultant, b. Washington, D.C.; North Carolina Central Univ. (B.A., 1970…

Robert Joseph Barro

economistBorn: 1944Birthplace: New York City As a professor of economics at the University of Rochester since 1975, he espoused “new classical macroeconomics” which focus on the study of business…

Joseph H. Burckhalter

Born: 1912Birthplace: Columbia, S.C. Dyes for diagnosing infectious diseases—Burckhalter and Seiwald synthesized fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC), an antibody labeling agent. FITC has become…

S. Joseph Begun

Born: 1905Birthplace: (Danzig, Germany, now Gdansk Poland) Magnetic recording— Early recording machines of the 1920s were cumbersome at best. Sound was recorded magnetically on rapidly spinning…

Joseph Marion Hernandez

U.S. CongressmanBorn: 8/4/1793Birthplace: St. Augustine, Florida Joseph Marion Hernandez was the first Hispanic to serve in the U.S. Congress, as a delegate from the Spanish territory of Florida.…

Joseph Jones Reynolds

Union generalBorn: 1/4/1822Birthplace: Flemingsburg, Ky. Born in Kentucky, Reynolds moved to Lafayette, Ind., with his family in 1837. A year later he entered Wabash College at Crawfordsville, and…

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

director, screenwriter, producerBorn: 2/11/1909Birthplace: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Academy Award-winning film director, screenwriter and producer who directed Dragonwyck (1946), The Ghost and…

Joseph Weizenbaum Biography

computer programmerDied: March 5, 2008 (Groben, Germany) Best Known as: computer programmer who created "Eliza" Joseph Weizenbaum was a computer programmer who…