(James Maitland Stewart)actorBorn: 5/20/1908Birthplace: Indiana, Pennsylvania Nominated for five Academy Awards during his lifetime, winning Best Actor for The Philadelphia Story (1940), Stewart…
McINTOSH, Lachlan, a Delegate from Georgia; born near Raits, in Badenoch, Scotland, March 17, 1725; immigrated with his parents to Georgia in 1736 and established the settlement of New…
WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO SEE GERMS? WHO DISCOVERED HOW BLOOD CIRCULATES? WHO WERE THE FIRST CHEMISTS? REFLECTING TELESCOPE BIOGRAPHY: ROBERT BOYLE 1627–1691 FIND OUT MOREThe 18th century was a…
HILL, Hugh Lawson White, (cousin of Benjamin Harvey Hill), a Representative from Tennessee; born near McMinnville, Warren County, Tenn., March 1, 1810; attended private schools and the Carroll…
(Encyclopedia) Marprelate controversyMarprelate controversymärˈprĕlˌĭt [key], a 16th-century English religious argument. Martin Marprelate was the pseudonym under which appeared several Puritan…
(Encyclopedia) Sexton, Anne (Harvey), 1928–74, American poet, b. Newton, Mass. Educated at Garland Junior College and at Radcliffe, she worked briefly as a fashion model in Boston. Her “confessional…
(Encyclopedia) Pius IV, 1499–1565, pope (1559–65), a Milanese named Giovanni Angelo de' Medici; successor of Paul IV. He was probably not related to the great Medici family. His career in Rome began…
(Encyclopedia) PhilemonPhilemonfĭlēˈmən [key], letter of the New Testament, written to a Colossian named Philemon by Paul, probably when the latter was a prisoner in Rome (c.a.d. 60). Onesimus,…
McMURRAY, Howard Johnstone, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Harvey County, near Mount Hope, Kans., March 3, 1901; attended the public schools, Berea Academy at Berea, Ky., and high…
