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Benson, Robert Hugh

(Encyclopedia) Benson, Robert Hugh, 1871–1914, English author and clergyman; 4th son of Archbishop Benson. He was converted to Roman Catholicism in 1903 and ordained the next year. In 1911, as a…

Bly, Robert Elwood

(Encyclopedia) Bly, Robert Elwood, 1926–2021, American writer, translator, editor, and publisher, b. Lac qui Parle County, Mn., Harvard (B.A., 1950),…

Weaver, Robert Clifton

(Encyclopedia) Weaver, Robert Clifton, 1907–97, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1966–68), b. Washington, D.C., grad. Harvard (B.S., 1929; M.A., 1931; Ph.D., 1934). An African…

Zoellick, Robert Bruce

(Encyclopedia) Zoellick, Robert BruceZoellick, Robert Brucezĕlˈlĭk [key], 1953–, U.S. government official and finance executive, b. Evergreen Park, Ill., grad. Swarthmore College (B.A., 1975),…

Famous Couples | Robert and Elizabeth Browning

A secret courtship between two legendary poets by David Johnson  Elizabeth Barrett Browning and her husband, Robert Browning, led lives suited for leading Romantic poets. Their story contains…

Robert William PACKWOOD, Congress, OR (1932)

Senate Years of Service: 1969-1995Party: RepublicanPACKWOOD, Robert William, a Senator from Oregon; born in Portland, Multnomah County, Oreg., September 11, 1932; graduated, Willamette…

Robert RILEY, Congress, AL (1944)

RILEY, Robert, a Representative from Alabama; born in Ashland, Clay County, Ala., October 3, 1944; graduated, Clay County High School, Mo., 1962; B.A., University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1965…

Robert McCOY, Congress, PA (1849)

McCOY, Robert, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Carlisle, Pa., birth date unknown; attended the common schools; prothonotary of Cumberland County; brigadier general of militia;…

Robert HURT, Congress, VA (1969)

HURT, Robert, a Representative from Virginia; born in New York, New York County, N.Y.; June 16, 1969; B.A., Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, Va., 1991; J.D., Mississippi College, Clinton,…

Robert WEXLER, Congress, FL (1961)

WEXLER, Robert, a Representative from Florida; born in Queens, Queens County, N.Y., January 2, 1961; graduated from Hollywood Hills High School, Hollywood, Fla.; B.A., University of Florida,…