(Encyclopedia) Ridley, Nicholas, c.1500–1555, English prelate, reformer, and Protestant martyr. In 1534, while a proctor of Cambridge, he signed the decree against the pope's supremacy in England. In…
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KNOX, Victor Alfred, a Representative from Michigan; born on a farm in Chippewa County, Mich. (near Sault Ste. Marie), January 13, 1899; attended the public schools; engaged in farming until…
The National Women's Hall of Fame is the only national membership organization that honors and celebrates the achievements of American women. Founded in 1969 in Seneca Falls, New York,…
(Encyclopedia) Granville, John Carteret, 1st Earl, 1690–1763, English statesman, better known as Lord Carteret. He served as ambassador to Sweden (1719–20) and as a secretary of state (1721–24), but…
(Encyclopedia) Von Sternberg, Joseph (Jo Sternberg), 1894–1969, Austrian-American film director and screenwriter. Von Sternberg, who worked in the United States from 1925, made films that were noted…
(Encyclopedia) Blau, Joseph LeonBlau, Joseph Leonblou [key] 1909–86, American Jewish scholar and educator, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Columbia (A.B., 1931; M.A., 1933; Ph.D., 1945). He taught at…
(Encyclopedia) Schmeling, Max (Maximilian Schmeling), 1905–2005, German boxer. He debuted as a professional fighter in 1924 and came to the United States in 1928. Two years later the methodical…
(Encyclopedia) Champion, uninc. community in the town of Green Bay, Brown co., NE Wis., NE of the city of Green Bay. It is noted for the Shrine of Our…
