LYNDE, William Pitt, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Sherburne, Chenango County, N.Y., December 16, 1817; attended Hamilton Academy and Hamilton College, and was graduated from Yale…
Senate Years of Service: 1947-1959Party: RepublicanIVES, Irving McNeil, a Senator from New York; born in Bainbridge, Chenango County, N.Y., January 24, 1896; attended the public schools;…
model, activistBorn: 1/12/1968Birthplace: Aldershot, England When 33-year-old former model and charity campaigner, Heather Mills, and 59-year-old former Beatle, Paul McCartney, announced their…
WILLIAMS, James Robert, a Representative from Illinois; born in Carmi, White County, Ill., December 27, 1850; attended the common schools; was graduated from Indiana State University at…
(Encyclopedia) Fish, StuyvesantFish, Stuyvesantstīˈvəsənt [key], 1851–1923, American railroad executive, b. New York City; son of Hamilton Fish (1808–93). He became (1877) a director of the Illinois…
(Encyclopedia) Hicks, Thomas, 1823–90, American portrait painter, b. Newtown, Pa. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and abroad, where he lived for several years. He settled in…
(Encyclopedia) Haddington, town, East Lothian, SE Scotland. It has a large corn exchange. Farm machinery and textiles are manufactured, flour is milled…
(Encyclopedia) Morse, John Torrey, 1840–1937, American lawyer and biographer, b. Boston. Admitted to the bar in 1862, he practiced law in Boston until 1880, when he turned all his attention to…
(Encyclopedia) Gallipoli campaign, 1915, Allied expedition in World War I for the purpose of gaining control of the Dardanelles and Bosporus straits, capturing Constantinople, and opening a Black Sea…
(Encyclopedia) Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850–1924, U.S. senator (1893–1924), b. Boston. He was admitted to the bar in 1876. Before beginning his long career in the U.S. Senate he edited (1873–76) the…
