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Graham, Philip Leslie

(Encyclopedia)Graham, Philip Leslie, 1915–63, American publisher, b. S.Dak. After editing the Harvard Law Review, he served as a law clerk to his mentor, Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. In 1940 he marrie...

Gibbs, Sir Philip

(Encyclopedia)Gibbs, Sir Philip, 1877–1962, English journalist and author. As a result of his distinguished service in World War I as a front-line correspondent for the Daily Chronicle (London) he was knighted in...

Elkann, John Philip

(Encyclopedia)Elkann, John Philip: see under Agnelli, family. ...

Jessup, Philip Caryl

(Encyclopedia)Jessup, Philip Caryl, 1897–1986, American authority on international law, b. New York City, grad. Hamilton College, 1919, LL.B. Yale, 1924, Ph.D. Columbia, 1927. He was admitted (1925) to the bar, a...

Johnson, Philip Cortelyou

(Encyclopedia)Johnson, Philip Cortelyou, 1906–2005, American architect, museum curator, and historian, b. Cleveland, grad. Harvard Univ. (B.A., 1927). One of the first Americans to study modern European architect...

Mickelson, Philip Alfred

(Encyclopedia)Mickelson, Philip Alfred, 1970-, American golf pro, b. San Diego, Ca., Arizona State Univ. (BA, 1992) . Mickelson began playing golf with his ...

Murphy, Philip Dunton

(Encyclopedia)Murphy, Philip Dunton: see New Jersey. ...

Means, Philip Ainsworth

(Encyclopedia)Means, Philip Ainsworth, 1892–1944, American historian and archaeologist, b. Boston. An assistant on a Yale expedition to Peru (1914–15), he was later (1920–21) director of the National Museum o...

Kemble, John Philip

(Encyclopedia)Kemble, John Philip: see under Kemble, Roger. ...

Kerr, Philip Henry

(Encyclopedia)Kerr, Philip Henry: see Lothian, Philip Henry Kerr, 11th marquess of. ...