(Encyclopedia) Baliol, John de, d. 1269, nobleman with lands in both England and Scotland; founder of Balliol College, Oxford. The name is also spelled Balliol. In 1249 he became a member of the…
economistBorn: 4/8/1904Birthplace: Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England Nobel Prize-winning economist whose works include Value and Capital (1939), A Theory of Economic History (1969) and…
Senate Years of Service: 1975-1987Party: DemocratHART, Gary Warren, a Senator from Colorado; born in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kans., November 28, 1936; attended the public schools of Ottawa,…
(Encyclopedia) Sheldon, Gilbert, 1598–1677, English divine, archbishop of Canterbury. He attended Charles I at Oxford and Newmarket and in the Isle of Wight, remaining thereafter in retirement until…
Born: May 12, 1930U.S. diver won women's platform and springboard gold medals in both 1952 and '56 Olympics. Her daughter Kelly followed in her wake, earning a silver in the 1984 and a bronze in…
SEWELL, Terri, a Representative from Alabama; born in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, on January 1, 1965; graduated from Selma High School, Selma, Ala., 1982; B.A., Princeton University,…
Senate Years of Service: 1993-1993Party: DemocratKRUEGER, Robert Charles, a Representative and a Senator from Texas; born in New Braunfels, Comal County, Tex., September 19, 1935; attended New…
(Encyclopedia) Cleary, Beverly, 1916–2021, American children's books author, b. McMinnville, Ore. as Beverly Atlee Bunn, Univ. of California, Berkeley…
(Encyclopedia) Tirpitz, Alfred vonTirpitz, Alfred vonälˈfrāt fən tĭrˈpĭts [key], 1849–1930, German admiral. His influence on German naval policy began with his study of the recently invented torpedo…
(Encyclopedia) Zapf, Hermann, 1918–2015, German calligrapher and type designer, b. Nuremberg. While apprenticing as a photo retoucher (1934–38) Zapf became interested in the work of calligrapher and…
