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Andrew MOORE, Congress, VA (1752-1821)

Senate Years of Service: 1804-1809Party: Democratic RepublicanMOORE, Andrew, (father of Samuel McDowell Moore), a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born at ‘Cannicello,’ near…

James Bennett McCREARY, Congress, KY (1838-1918)

Senate Years of Service: 1903-1909Party: DemocratMcCREARY, James Bennett, a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky; born in Richmond, Madison County, Ky., July 8, 1838; attended the common…

John Baker HOLLISTER, Congress, OH (1890-1979)

HOLLISTER, John Baker, a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 7, 1890; attended the public schools and St. Paul’s School, Concord, N.H.; was graduated from Yale…

Chelsea ware

(Encyclopedia) Chelsea ware, chinaware made in the mid-18th cent. at a factory in Chelsea, London. The earliest specimens extant are dated 1745 and have the potter's mark of a triangle and the word…

Garofalo, Il

(Encyclopedia) Garofalo, IlGarofalo, Ilēl gärôˈfälō [key], 1481–1559, Italian painter of the Ferrarese school, whose real name was Benvenuto Tisi or Tisio. Influenced by Raphael, he painted in a…

Longworth, Alice Lee Roosevelt

(Encyclopedia) Longworth, Alice Lee Roosevelt, 1884–1980, American socialite, b. New York City. The only child of Theodore Roosevelt and his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee, she was a teenager when…

Tobolsk

(Encyclopedia) TobolskTobolsktəbôlskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 94,000), W Siberian Russia, a port on the Irtysh River near its confluence with the Tobol. Industries revolve around oil and gas from the…

Séguier, Pierre, duc de Villemor

(Encyclopedia) Séguier, Pierre, duc de VillemorSéguier, Pierre, duc de Villemorpyĕr sāgyāˈ dük də vēlmôrˈ [key], 1588–1672, chancellor of France. Beginning as counselor to the Parlement of Paris, he…

Saban, Nick

(Encyclopedia) Saban, Nick (Nicholas Lou Saban, Jr.)Saban, Nicksāˈbən [key], 1951–, American football coach, b. Fairmont, W.Va., grad. Kent State Univ., 1973. After playing defensive back in football…