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Ignatieff, Michael Grant

(Encyclopedia) Ignatieff, Michael GrantIgnatieff, Michael Grantĭgnătˈēəf [key], 1947–, Canadian politician, writer, and academic, b. Toronto, B.A. Univ. of Toronto (1969), Ph.D. Harvard (1976), M.A.…

Grant, Sir Francis

(Encyclopedia) Grant, Sir Francis, 1803–78, Scottish portrait painter. He was self-taught in painting, for which he abandoned a career in law. He began as a painter of hunting scenes (The Melton Hunt…

Grant, George Munro

(Encyclopedia) Grant, George Munro, 1835–1902, Canadian educator and author, b. Nova Scotia, educated at the Univ. of Glasgow. From 1877 to 1902 he was principal of Queen's Univ., Kingston, Ont.;…

Grant, Ulysses Simpson

(Encyclopedia) Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822–85, commander in chief of the Union army in the Civil War and 18th President (1869–77) of the United States, b. Point Pleasant, Ohio. He was originally…

White, Richard Grant

(Encyclopedia) White, Richard Grant, 1821–85, American journalist, writer, and Shakespearean scholar, b. New York City. He had a varied career and was at different times music critic and coeditor (…

Wilson, James Grant

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, James Grant, 1832–1914, American biographer and man of letters, b. Scotland. He was brought to the United States in 1833. After journalistic work in Chicago and service in the…

Still, William Grant

(Encyclopedia) Still, William Grant, 1895–1978, American composer, b. Woodville, Miss. Still was of Native American, African-American, and European ancestry. He studied music at Oberlin, with…

Julia May CARSON, Congress, IN (1938-2007)

CARSON, Julia May, (grandmother of André Carson) a Representative from Indiana; born Julia May Porter in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., July 8, 1938; graduated from Crispus Attucks High School…

James William GRANT, Congress, FL (1943)

GRANT, James William, a Representative from Florida; born in Lake City, Columbia County, Fla., September 21, 1943; graduated from Taylor County High School, Perry, Fla., 1960; B.A., Florida…

Robert Allen GRANT, Congress, IN (1905-1998)

GRANT, Robert Allen, a Representative from Indiana; born near Bourbon, Marshall County, Ind., July 31, 1905; moved to Hamlet, Ind., in 1912 and to South Bend, Ind., in 1922; attended the…