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Sam Shepard

playwright, actor(Samuel Shepard Rogers)Born: 11/5/1943Birthplace: Fort Sheridan, Illinois Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and actor known for his dramas that combine myth and reality, past and…

Shepard, Sam

(Encyclopedia) Shepard, Sam, 1943–2017, one of the major American playwrights and actors of his era, b. Fort Sheridan, Ill., as Samuel Shepard Rogers 3d. A product of the 1960s counterculture and an…

Day, Clarence Shepard

(Encyclopedia) Day, Clarence Shepard, 1874–1935, American essayist, b. New York City, grad. Yale, 1896. His biographical sketches of his parents, God and My Father (1932), Life with Father (1935),…

Shepard, Alan Bartlett, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Shepard, Alan Bartlett, Jr., 1923–98, American astronaut, b. East Derry, N.H., grad. Annapolis, 1944. He served on a destroyer during World War II and later had extensive experience as…

William SHEPARD, Congress, MA (1737-1817)

SHEPARD, William, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Westfield, Mass., December 1, 1737; attended the common schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; served in the French and…

Samuel Shepard CONNER, Congress, MA (17831820)

CONNER, Samuel Shepard, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Exeter, N.H., about 1783; attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., in 1794; was graduated from Yale College in 1806…

Shepard CARY, Congress, ME (1805-1866)

CARY, Shepard, a Representative from Maine; born in New Salem, Mass., July 3, 1805; attended the common schools; moved with his parents to Houlton, Maine, in 1822; engaged in extensive lumber…

Charles Biddle SHEPARD, Congress, NC (1808-1843)

SHEPARD, Charles Biddle, a Representative from North Carolina; born in New Bern, Craven County, N.C., December 5, 1808; attended private schools of his native city and was graduated from the…

William Biddle SHEPARD, Congress, NC (1799-1852)

SHEPARD, William Biddle, a Representative from North Carolina; born in New Bern, N.C., May 14, 1799; completed preparatory studies; attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in…