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Vernon James EHLERS, Congress, MI (1934)

EHLERS, Vernon James, a Representative from Michigan; born in Pipestone, Pipestone County, Minn., February 6, 1934; educated at home by his parents; attended Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich.,…

Leggett, Sir Anthony James

(Encyclopedia) Leggett, Sir Anthony James, 1938–, British physicist, Ph.D. Oxford, 1964. He was a professor at Sussex Univ., England, from 1967 to 1983, when he joined the faculty at the Univ. of…

Ewing, Sir James Alfred

(Encyclopedia) Ewing, Sir James AlfredEwing, Sir James Alfredy&oomacr;ˈĭng [key], 1855–1935, Scottish engineer and physicist. As professor at Tokyo (1878–83), Dundee (1883–90), and Cambridge (…

James E. ROGAN, Congress, CA (1957)

ROGAN, James E., a Representative from California; born in San Francisco, San Francisco County, Calif., August 21, 1957; A.A., Chabot Community College, Livermore, Calif., 1977; B.A.,…

Lowell, James Russell

(Encyclopedia) Lowell, James Russell, 1819–91, American poet, critic, and editor, b. Cambridge, Mass. He was influential in revitalizing the intellectual life of New England in the mid-19th cent.…

Macleod, John James Rickard

(Encyclopedia) Macleod, John James RickardMacleod, John James Rickardrĭkˈərd [key]Macleod, John James Rickard məkloudˈ [key], 1876–1935, Scottish physiologist, educated at Aberdeen and Leipzig. He…

Buchanan, James McGill, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Buchanan, James McGill, Jr., 1919–2012, American economist, b. Murfreesboro, Tenn., Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1948. After teaching at the universities of Tennessee, Florida State,…

WILSON, James, Congress, IA (1835-1920)

WILSON, James, a Representative from Iowa; born on a farm in Ayrshire, Scotland, August 16, 1835; immigrated to the United States in 1852 with his parents, who settled in Norwich, Conn.; moved to…

WILSON, James, Congress, PA (1742-1798)

WILSON, James, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in Carskerdo, near St. Andrews, Scotland, September 14, 1742; attended the Universities of St. Andrews, Glasgow, and Edinburgh; immigrated to the…

Jeans, Sir James Hopwood

(Encyclopedia) Jeans, Sir James Hopwood, 1887–1946, English mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. He was professor of applied mathematics at Princeton (1905–9), later lectured at Cambridge (1910–…