(Encyclopedia) Hagen, Johannes GeorgHagen, Johannes Georgyōhäˈnəs gāˈôrk häˈgən [key], 1847–1930, American astronomer and mathematician, b. Austria. A Jesuit, he came in 1880 to the United States to…
(Encyclopedia) Erlanger, JosephErlanger, Josephûrˈlăng-ər [key], 1874–1965, American scientist, b. San Francisco, grad. Univ. of California (B.S., 1895), M.D. Johns Hopkins, 1899. For his…
(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Walter Perry, 1887–1946, American baseball player, b. Humboldt, Kans. He began playing with the Washington Senators of the American League in 1907. A right-handed pitcher, he…
(Encyclopedia) MonocacyMonocacymənŏkˈəsē [key], river, c.60 mi (100 km) long, rising in S Pa., and flowing S across Md. to join the Potomac River near Frederick, Md. On its banks, just E of Frederick…
(Encyclopedia) LurayLurayl&oobreve;rāˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 4,587), seat of Page co., N Va., in the Shenandoah valley, in a farm area; inc. 1812. There is light manufacturing and the town is…
(Encyclopedia) Kroll, LeonKroll, Leonkrōl [key], 1884–1974, American painter and lithographer, b. New York City. Kroll studied in New York with J. H. Twachtman and later in Paris. He returned to New…
(Encyclopedia) Kurusu, SaburoKurusu, Saburosäˌb&oomacr;rōˈ k&oomacr;r&oomacr;ˈs&oomacr; [key], 1886–1954, Japanese career diplomat. As ambassador to Germany from 1939 to 1941, he…
(Encyclopedia) KiaochowKiaochowkyouˈchouˈ, jēouˈjōˈ [key] or JiaozhouJiaozhoujēouˈjōˈ [key], former German territory, area c.200 sq mi (520 sq km), along the southern coast of Shandong prov., China.…
(Encyclopedia) Poor, Henry Varnum, 1888–1970, American painter, b. Chapman, Kans. Poor's lyrical still lifes, portraits, and landscapes are simply painted in many media. He painted murals in fresco…
