industrialist, philanthropistBorn: 7/8/1839Birthplace: Richford, N.Y. An American business icon, Rockefeller made his first business transaction at age 12. His parents had taught him to save his…
Senate Years of Service: 1866-1867; 1877-1881Party: Republican; RepublicanKIRKWOOD, Samuel Jordan, a Senator from Iowa; born in Harford County, Md., December 20, 1813; attended country schools…
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(Encyclopedia) Creeley, Robert, 1926–2005, American poet, b. Arlington, Mass. He lived in Asia, Europe, and Latin America and taught at various universities in the United States. With Charles Olson,…
(Encyclopedia) Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, collective name given several English monastic chronicles in Anglo-Saxon, all stemming from a compilation made from old annals and other sources c.891. Although…
(Encyclopedia) Michelson, Albert AbrahamMichelson, Albert Abrahammīˈkəlsən [key], 1852–1931, American physicist, b. Strelno, Prussia, grad. Annapolis, 1873, and studied at Berlin, Heidelberg, and…
(Encyclopedia) Los Angeles Philharmonic, founded in 1919 by William Andrews Clark, Jr. After his death the Southern California Symphony Association was formed in 1934 to sponsor the orchestra. It was…
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