VENTO, Bruce Frank, a Representative from Minnesota; born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., October 7, 1940; attended the public schools of St. Paul; attended St. Thomas College, St. Paul,…
(Encyclopedia) Arakcheyev, Aleksey AndreyevichArakcheyev, Aleksey Andreyevichəlĭksyāˈ əndrāˈyəvĭch äräkchāˈyĕf [key], 1769–1834, Russian general, adviser to Czar Alexander I. An exacting officer, he…
(Encyclopedia) Gorky, ArshileGorky, Arshileärˈshīl gôrˈkē [key], c.1900–48, American painter, b. Armenia as Vosdanig Adoian. He escaped the Turkish slaughter of Armenians, emigrated to the United…
(Encyclopedia) Burger, Warren Earl, 1907–95, American jurist, 15th chief justice of the United States (1969–86), b. St. Paul, Minn. After receiving his law degree in 1931 from St. Paul College of Law…
STEWART, Jacob Henry, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Clermont, Columbia County, N.Y., January 15, 1829; moved with his parents to Peekskill, N.Y.; attended the common schools and was…
KIEFER, Andrew Robert, a Representative from Minnesota; born at Marienborn, Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, May 25, 1832; attended school in Mainz; immigrated to the United States in 1849…
(Encyclopedia) Colet, JohnColet, Johnkŏˈlĭt [key], 1467?–1519, English humanist and theologian. While studying on the Continent (1493–96), Colet became interested in classical scholarship and in…
