born Lucille Wood Smith but raised as Frances Octavia Smithsinger, actressBorn: 10/31/1912Birthplace: Uvalde, Tex actress, songwriter, and writer who starred with her husband, Roy Rogers, in…
columnist, authorBorn: 04/28/1921 columnist, pundit, and author who earned the ire of liberals and the praise of conservatives. He cowrote columns and books with Robert Novak. The pair also…
Born: 1755Birthplace: Newport, Del. High pressure steam engine—Evans was one of the first Americans to recognize and explore the potential of cogeneration, the process of using waste energy to…
(Encyclopedia) Fildes, Sir LukeFildes, Sir Lukefīldz [key], 1844–1927, English genre and portrait painter, b. Liverpool. He made drawings for the Graphic and other periodicals and illustrated Dickens…
(Encyclopedia) Bolley, Henry Luke, 1865–1956, American plant pathologist, b. Dearborn co., Ind. He is noted for his work on organisms causing diseases of crop plants (including the discovery of the…
(Encyclopedia) Evans, Caradoc, 1883–1945, Anglo-Welsh novelist and short-story writer. His chief works are his short-story collections, My People (1915), Capel Sion (1916), and My Neighbors (1919),…
(Encyclopedia) Evans, Charles, 1850–1935, American librarian and bibliographer, b. Boston. He organized many major American libraries including the Indianapolis public library, the Enoch Pratt Free…
(Encyclopedia) Evans, John, 1814–97, American founder of educational institutions, b. Waynesville, Ohio, grad. Lynn Medical College, Cincinnati, 1838. He practiced medicine in Indiana and was the…
