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Charles Manly STEDMAN, Congress, NC (1841-1930)

STEDMAN, Charles Manly, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Pittsboro, Chatham County, N.C., January 29, 1841; moved with his parents to Fayetteville, N.C., in 1853; attended…

Charles Manning REED, Congress, PA (1803-1871)

REED, Charles Manning, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Erie, Erie County, Pa., April 3, 1803; attended the public schools and was graduated from Washington College, Washington, Pa…

Proconsul, in zoology

(Encyclopedia) Proconsul, extinct group of apes. Proconsul fossils have been discovered in E Africa. It had a mixture of ape and Old World monkey characteristics, and lived from 23 to 25 million…

Levi, Primo

(Encyclopedia) Levi, PrimoLevi, Primoprēˈmō lāˈvē [key], 1919–87, Italian writer. A chemist of Jewish descent, Levi was sent to the concentration camp at Auschwitz during World War II. His first…