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Transit of Venus: June 8, 2004

A Twice-in-a-Lifetime Event by Shmuel Ross This feature was written in the summer of 2004. Book a trip to Africa, and pray for clear skies. That’s one possible reaction to the upcoming transit…

William Henry CARTER, Congress, MA (1864-1955)

CARTER, William Henry, a Representative from Massachusetts; born at Needham Heights, Norfolk County, Mass., June 15, 1864; attended public schools; was graduated from Comers Commercial College…

William Carter WRIGHT, Congress, GA (1866-1933)

WRIGHT, William Carter, a Representative from Georgia; born on a farm in Carroll County, Ga., January 6, 1866; moved with his parents to Newnan, Coweta County, Ga., in 1869; attended the…

Charles David CARTER, Congress, OK (1868-1929)

CARTER, Charles David, a Representative from Oklahoma; born near Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), August 16, 1868; moved with his father to Mill Creek, a stage…

Carter, Ashton Baldwin

(Encyclopedia) Carter, Ashton Baldwin, 1954–, U.S. political scientist and government official, b. Philadephia, Pa. Trained as a theoretical physicist, he shifted to the study of ballistic missiles…

Carter, Gary Edmund

(Encyclopedia) Carter, Gary Edmund, 1954–2012, American baseball player, b. Culver City, Calif. A superb catcher and clutch-hitting right-handed slugger, he played in the majors for 19 years. Drafted…

Carter, Mrs. Leslie

(Encyclopedia) Carter, Mrs. Leslie, 1862–1937, American actress, b. Lexington, Ky., whose maiden name was Caroline Louise Dudley. She became a protégée of Belasco and first appeared in 1890 in The…

Carter, Samuel Powhatan

(Encyclopedia) Carter, Samuel PowhatanCarter, Samuel Powhatanpouˌətănˈ, pouhătˈən [key], 1819–91, American naval officer and Union general in the Civil War, b. Elizabethton, Tenn., grad. Annapolis,…

Woodson, Carter Godwin

(Encyclopedia) Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875–1950, African-American educator, b. New Canton, Va., Ph.D. Harvard (1912). He taught at Howard Univ. and helped organize (1915) the Association for the…

Beard, Daniel Carter

(Encyclopedia) Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850–1941, American illustrator and naturalist, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, studied at the Art Students League, New York City. He illustrated many books (among them the…