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Zachariah CHANDLER, Congress, MI (1813-1879)

Senate Years of Service: 1857-1875; 1879-1879Party: Republican; RepublicanCHANDLER, Zachariah, (nephew of John Chandler and Thomas Chandler, grandfather of Frederick Hale and great-great-…

Felix Kirk ZOLLICOFFER, Congress, TN (1812-1862)

ZOLLICOFFER, Felix Kirk, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Bigbyville, Maury County, Tenn., May 19, 1812; attended the “old field” schools and Jackson College, Columbia, Tenn.;…

James Kimbrough JONES, Congress, AR (1839-1908)

Senate Years of Service: 1885-1903Party: DemocratJONES, James Kimbrough, a Representative and a Senator from Arkansas; born in Marshall County, Miss., September 29, 1839; moved with his father…

James Knox POLK, Congress, TN (1795-1849)

POLK, James Knox, (brother of William Hawkins Polk), a Representative from Tennessee and 11th President of the United States; born near Little Sugar Creek, Mecklenburg County, N.C., November 2…

Sunita, Narain

(Encyclopedia) Sunita, Narain, 1961–, Indian writer and environmentalist, b. New Delhi, India, graduated from University of Delhi, honorary degrees…

French architecture

(Encyclopedia) French architecture, structures created in the area of Europe that is now France. Engineers and architects, including François Hennebique, Auguste Perret, and Tony Garnier, pioneered…

Freyssinet, Eugène

(Encyclopedia) Freyssinet, EugèneFreyssinet, Eugèneözhĕnˈ frāsēnāˈ [key], 1879–1962, French engineer. Freyssinet was noted as a designer of bridges and industrial buildings. He was the inventor of…

Girardon, François

(Encyclopedia) Girardon, FrançoisGirardon, FrançoisfräNswäˈ zhērärdôNˈ [key], 1628–1715, French sculptor. Chancellor Séguier sent him to study in Paris with François Anguier and later to Rome. On his…

Gautier, Émile Félix

(Encyclopedia) Gautier, Émile FélixGautier, Émile Félixāmēlˈ fālēksˈ gōtyāˈ [key], 1864–1940, French geographer, an authority on Algiers, the Sahara, and the French African possessions. He explored W…

Jura, department, France

(Encyclopedia) JuraJurazhüräˈ [key], department (1990 pop. 249,600), E France, in Franche-Comté, bordering on Switzerland. Lons-le-Saunier is the capital. The area is a major producer of Gruyère…