LINDSAY, George Washington, (son of George Henry Lindsay), a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., March 28, 1865; attended the public schools; deputy coroner of Kings County…
BRYCE, Lloyd Stephens, a Representative from New York; born in Flushing, Queens County, N.Y., September 4, 1851; attended the public schools and Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.; was…
MERRITT, Matthew Joseph, a Representative from New York; born in New York City April 2, 1895; attended the public and high schools; during the First World War served in 1918 as a sergeant in…
SCHMIDHAUSER, John Richard, a Representative from Iowa; born in the Bronx, Queens County, N.Y., on January 3, 1922; B.A., University of Delaware, Newark, Del., 1949; M.A., University of…
The Final BattlesClassical MythologyAchilles: The Angry Young HeroDon't Try This at Home!To War!The Final Battles Though Achilles himself would not fight, he agreed to lend his armor to his squire,…
(Encyclopedia) Feckenham, John deFeckenham, John defĕkˈənəm [key], 1518?–1585, English abbot. He became a Benedictine monk at Evesham, studied at Oxford, and later served as chaplain to the bishop of…
(Encyclopedia) Francis II, 1544–60, king of France (1559–60), son of King Henry II and Catherine de' Medici. He married (1558) Mary Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart), and during his brief reign the…
(Encyclopedia) Hvorostovsky, Dmitri Aleksandrovich, 1962–2017, Russian lyric baritone, b. Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. Known for his passionate and vocally mellifluous performances, broad repertoire, superb…
