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Cyrus KING, Congress, MA (1772-1817)

KING, Cyrus, (half brother of Rufus King), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Scarboro, Maine (then a district of Massachusetts), on September 6, 1772; attended Phillips Academy,…

Henry KING, Congress, PA (1790-1861)

KING, Henry, (brother of Thomas Butler King and uncle of John Floyd King), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Palmer, Hampden County, Mass., July 6, 1790; pursued classical studies;…

John KING, Congress, NY (1775-1836)

KING, John, a Representative from New York; born in what is now Canaan, Columbia County, N.Y., in 1775; attended the common schools; supervisor of the town of Canaan 1806-1808; sheriff of…

Classical Mythology: King Theseus Wants a Wife

King Theseus Wants a WifeClassical MythologyLucky in War, Unlucky in Love: TheseusRoad WarriorA Lot of BullKing Theseus Wants a WifeMidlife Crisis: The Abduction of Helen With the death of Aegeus,…

Ruthven

(Encyclopedia) RuthvenRuthvenrĭvˈən, r&oomacr;thˈvən [key], Scottish noble family, believed to trace its ancestry to Thor, a Saxon or Dane, who settled in Scotland in the reign of David I. The…

Waldemar IV

(Encyclopedia) Waldemar IV (Valdemar Atterdag), c.1320–1375, king of Denmark (1340–75). He became king of a land completely dismembered by foreign rulers, but his ambition, unscrupulousness, and…

Marmousets

(Encyclopedia) MarmousetsMarmousetsmärm&oomacr;zāˈ [key], [Fr.,=little fellows], ministers of King Charles V of France, so called by the great nobles, who were contemptuous of their humble…

Marlowe, Christopher

(Encyclopedia) Marlowe, Christopher, 1564–93, English dramatist and poet, b. Canterbury. Probably the greatest English dramatist before Shakespeare, Marlowe, a shoemaker's son, was educated at…