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Walter Freshwater POOL, Congress, NC (1850-1883)

POOL, Walter Freshwater, (nephew of John Pool), a Representative from North Carolina; born at “Elm Grove,” near Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, N.C., October 10, 1850; attended the…

Walter Reed Army Medical Center

(Encyclopedia) Walter Reed Army Medical Center, former major military hospital complex in Washington, D.C., and Forest Glen, Md. The original facility, Walter Reed General Hospital, named for U.S.…

Florey, Howard Walter Florey, Baron

(Encyclopedia) Florey, Howard Walter Florey, Baron, 1898–1968, British pathologist, b. Australia. He was educated at Adelaide Univ. and at Cambridge and Oxford and returned to Oxford as professor of…

Beaton, Sir Cecil Walter Hardy

(Encyclopedia) Beaton, Sir Cecil Walter HardyBeaton, Sir Cecil Walter Hardybēˈtən [key], 1904–80, English scenery and costume designer, photographer, writer, painter, and diarist. After designing his…

Kalckreuth, Leopold Karl Walter, Graf von

(Encyclopedia) Kalckreuth, Leopold Karl Walter, Graf vonKalckreuth, Leopold Karl Walter, Graf vonlāˈōpôlt kärl välˈtər gräf fən kälkˈroit [key], 1855–1928, German painter and graphic artist. He…