(Encyclopedia) Fenno, Richard Francis Jr., 1926–2020, American political scientist, b. Winchester, Mass., Ph.D. Harvard, 1956. Fenno spent his entire career at the Univ. of Rochester (1957–2003),…
(Encyclopedia) Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726–99, British admiral; elder brother of Viscount Howe. He won early recognition in the Seven Years War for his operations in the English Channel. After the…
(Encyclopedia) Hicks, Sir John Richard, 1904–89, British economist, grad. Balliol College, Oxford, 1931. He was a professor at the Univ. of Manchester (1938–46) before joining the faculty of Oxford (…
(Encyclopedia) Gottheil, Richard James Horatio, 1862–1936, American Orientalist and Semitic scholar, b. Manchester, England; son of Gustav Gottheil. He taught Semitic languages at Columbia from 1886…
(Encyclopedia) O'Brien, Lucius Richard, 1832–99, Canadian landscape painter. He worked in an architect's office and later became an engineer. He is noted for his watercolor landscapes, especially of…
(Encyclopedia) Krafft-Ebing, Richard vonKrafft-Ebing, Richard vonrĭkhˈärt fən kräft-āˈbĭng [key], 1840–1902, German physician and neurologist. Professor of psychiatry at Strasbourg (1872), Graz (1873…
(Encyclopedia) Paisley, Ian Richard KylePaisley, Ian Richard Kylepāzˈlē [key], 1926–2014, Northern Irish religious and political leader. For many years a leading protagonist of militant Protestantism…
(Encyclopedia) Rolle of Hampole, RichardRolle of Hampole, Richardrōl [key], c.1300–c.1349, English religious writer, a Yorkshire hermit. He wrote mainly in Latin, but his English works are important…
