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Warner, Harry Morris

(Encyclopedia)Warner, Harry Morris: see Warner Brothers. ...

Stewart, William Morris

(Encyclopedia)Stewart, William Morris, 1827–1909, American lawyer and political leader, b. Wayne co., N.Y. After migrating to California in 1850 he engaged in mining and held several state elective offices. He mo...

Rutherfurd, Lewis Morris

(Encyclopedia)Rutherfurd, Lewis Morris rŭᵺˈərfərd [key], 1816–92, American physicist, b. New York City, grad. Williams, 1834. From 1837 to 1849 he practiced law. Rutherfurd studied and experimented in celes...

Rosbash, Michael Morris

(Encyclopedia)Rosbash, Michael Morris, 1944–, American geneticist, b. Kansas City, Mo., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1970. Rosbash has been a professor at Brandeis Univ. since 1974, and he is also ...

Morris, Edward Patrick Morris, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Morris, Edward Patrick Morris, 1st Baron, 1859–1935, Newfoundland political leader, b. St. John's. He sat (1885–1918) in the Newfoundland parliament and was a delegate to the conference called (18...

Socialist party

(Encyclopedia)Socialist party, in U.S. history, political party formed to promote public control of the means of production and distribution. In 1898 the Social Democratic party was formed by a group led by Eugene ...

Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen

(Encyclopedia)Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen bränˈ dəs [key], 1842–1927, Danish literary critic. His influence brought the wide currents of contemporary European thought to Danish and other Scandinavian literatur...

Morris, Lewis, 1698–1762, American colonial landowner

(Encyclopedia)Morris, Lewis, 1698–1762: see under Morris, family. ...

Morris, Richard, d. 1672, American colonial landowner

(Encyclopedia)Morris, Richard, d. 1672: see under Morris, family. ...

Morris, Richard, 1730–1810, American landowner and judge

(Encyclopedia)Morris, Richard, 1730–1810: see under Morris, family. ...