MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby, (son of Robert H. Mollohan), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Fairmont, Marion County, W.Va., May 14, 1943; graduated from Greenbrier Military School,…
(Encyclopedia) Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
Year
Recipient(s)
1969
Ragnar FrischJan Tinbergen
1970
Paul A. Samuelson
1971
Simon Kuznets
1972
Sir John R…
MOON, Reuben Osborne, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Jobstown, Burlington County, N.J., July 22, 1847; attended the common schools and was graduated from the National School of…
JOHNSON, John Telemachus, (brother of James Johnson and Richard Mentor Johnson and uncle of Robert Ward Johnson), a Representative from Kentucky; born at Great Crossings, Scott County, Ky.,…
GADSDEN, Christopher, a Delegate from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., February 16, 1723; attended schools in England; employed in a commercial house in Philadelphia, Pa., 1742-1745;…
Senate Years of Service: 1836-1840Party: Anti-Jacksonian; WhigSPENCE, John Selby, (uncle of Thomas Ara Spence), a Representative and a Senator from Maryland; born near Snow Hill, Worcester…
(Encyclopedia) Dett, Robert Nathaniel, 1882–1943, American composer and pianist, b. Drummondville, Que. After receiving degrees from Oberlin College and the Eastman School of Music, Dett studied in…
(Encyclopedia) Drew, Robert Lincoln, 1924–2014, American documentary filmmaker, b. Toledo, Ohio. After serving in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, he worked for Life as a writer and…
(Encyclopedia) Duncan, Robert Kennedy, 1868–1914, American industrial chemist and educator b. Brantford, Ont., grad. Univ. of Toronto (B.A., 1892). He was professor at the Univ. of Kansas (1906–10)…
