radio and television personalityBorn: 5/12/1936Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Snyder began his broadcasting career at age 21, switched to television to work as a local news anchor, and eventually…
(Encyclopedia) Hoek van HollandHoek van Hollandh&oobreve;k vän hôlˈänt [key] or Hook of Holland, district of Rotterdam, W Netherlands, on the North Sea. It is an outer port of Rotterdam, with…
(Encyclopedia) Holland Land Company, Dutch enterprise active in the settlement of much of W New York and some of NW Pennsylvania. Organized by Dutch bankers in 1796, it secured lands in New York (…
(Encyclopedia) Smith, Holland McTyeire, 1882–1967, American general, b. Seale, Ala. He was commissioned in the marines in 1905 and served in France in World War I. In World War II, Smith pioneered in…
HOLLAND, Cornelius, a Representative from Maine; born in Sutton, Mass., July 9, 1783; attended the common schools; studied medicine and commenced practice in Livermore, Maine, in 1814; moved…
HOLLAND, James, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Anson County, near the present town of Rutherfordton, N.C., in 1754; received a very limited education; was a major in the State…
HOLLAND, Kenneth Lamar, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Hickory, Catawba County, N.C., November 24, 1934; attended the public schools of Gaffney, S.C.; A.B., University of South…
