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Baird, John Logie
(Encyclopedia)Baird, John Logie, 1888β1946, Scottish inventor. In 1926 he gave the first demonstration of true television with a televisor of his own invention that differed from later instruments in being partia...Cummins, Albert Baird
(Encyclopedia)Cummins, Albert Baird, 1850β1926, U.S. Senator from Iowa (1909β26), b. Green co., Pa. He studied law in Chicago and in 1878 joined his brother in practice in Des Moines. As governor of Iowa (1901β...Weaver, James Baird
(Encyclopedia)Weaver, James Baird, 1833β1912, American political leader, b. Dayton, Ohio. Reared in frontier areas of Michigan and Iowa, he practiced law in Iowa. He served in the Union army in the Civil War and ...Vance, Zebulon Baird
(Encyclopedia)Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830β94, American political leader, Confederate governor of North Carolina (1862β65) in the Civil War, b. Buncombe co., N.C. A lawyer and a Whig, he served in the state legis...Baird, Spencer Fullerton
(Encyclopedia)Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823β87, American zoologist, b. Reading, Pa., grad. Dickinson College, 1840. He was professor of natural history at Dickinson from 1846 to 1850. While at the Smithsonian In...Rockefeller Foundation
(Encyclopedia)Rockefeller Foundation, philanthropic institution established (1913) by John D. Rockefeller, Sr., to promote βthe well-being of mankind throughout the world.β During its first 14 years the foundat...St. John, John Pierce
(Encyclopedia)St. John, John Pierce, 1833β1916, American political reformer, b. Brookville, Ind. He traveled in the West and in South America, fought in the Union army in the Civil War, and after 1869 practiced l...Devoy, John
(Encyclopedia)Devoy, John dΔvoiΛ [key], 1842β1928, Irish-American journalist and Irish revolutionary, b. Ireland. He joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood (see Fenian movement) in 1861. For proselytizing with...Dewey, John
(Encyclopedia)Dewey, John, 1859β1952, American philosopher and educator, b. Burlington, Vt., grad. Univ. of Vermont, 1879, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins, 1884. He taught at the universities of Minnesota (1888β89), Michig...Dickinson, John
(Encyclopedia)Dickinson, John, 1732β1808, American patriot and statesman, b. Talbot co., Md. After studying law in Philadelphia and in London at the Middle Temple, he developed a highly successful practice in Phi...Browse by Subject
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