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Van Cortlandt, Stephen

(Encyclopedia) Van Cortlandt, Stephen or StephanusVan Cortlandt, Stephen or Stephanusstĭfāˈnəs [key]Van Cortlandt, Stephen or Stephanus văn kôrtˈlənd [key], 1643–1700, colonial American merchant and…

Van Rensselaer, Stephen

(Encyclopedia) Van Rensselaer, Stephen, 1764–1839, American political leader and soldier, called the Patroon, b. New York City. He spent some years managing his property, which included most of the…

Benét, Stephen Vincent

(Encyclopedia) Benét, Stephen VincentBenét, Stephen Vincentbĕnāˈ [key], 1898–1943, American poet and author, b. Bethlehem, Pa., grad. Yale, 1919; brother of William Rose Benét. After graduating from…

Ružička, Leopold Stephen

(Encyclopedia) Ružička, Leopold Stephen or Lavoslav Stjepan 1887–1976, Swiss chemist, b. Croatia (then in Austria-Hungary), Dr.Ing. Technische Hochschule, Karlsruhe, Germany, 1910. Ružička was a…

Sondheim, Stephen Joshua

(Encyclopedia) Sondheim, Stephen Joshua Sondheim, Stephen Joshua sôndˈhīm [key], 1930–2021, American composer and…

Tisza, Count Stephen

(Encyclopedia) Tisza, Count Stephen, 1861–1918, Hungarian premier (1903–5, 1913–17); son of Kálmán Tisza. He believed in strong personal government and sought to make Hungary a forceful partner in…

Thorne, Kip Stephen

(Encyclopedia) Thorne, Kip Stephen, 1940–, American theoretical physicist, b. Logan, Utah. Ph.D. Princeton, 1965. Thorne has been a professor (emeritus from 2009) at the California Institute of…

Wise, Stephen Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Wise, Stephen Samuel, 1874–1949, American Reform rabbi and Zionist leader, b. Budapest, grad. College of the City of New York, 1891, Ph.D. Columbia, 1901. He served as a rabbi in New…

Breyer, Stephen Gerald

(Encyclopedia) Breyer, Stephen Gerald Breyer, Stephen Gerald brīˈər [key], 1938–, associate justice of the U.S.…

Bethlen, Count Stephen

(Encyclopedia) Bethlen, Count Stephen, 1874–1947?, Hungarian premier (1921–31). A Transylvanian, he entered the Hungarian parliament in 1901, and in 1919 he was a delegate to the Paris Peace…