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Larry Edwin CRAIG, Congress, ID (1945)

Senate Years of Service: 1991-2009 Party: Republican CRAIG Larry Edwin , a Representative and a Senator from Idaho; born in Council, Adams County, Idaho, July 20, 1945; attended the public schools…

Craig, James

(Encyclopedia) Craig, James: see Craigavon, James Craig, 1st Viscount.

Craig, Edward Gordon

(Encyclopedia) Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English scene designer, producer, and actor. The son of Ellen Terry, Gordon Craig began acting with Henry Irving's Lyceum company (1885–97). Feeling…

Terry, Dame Ellen Alicia

(Encyclopedia) Terry, Dame Ellen Alicia, 1848–1928, English actress. Of a prominent theatrical family, she made her debut at nine as Mamillius in Charles Kean's production of The Winter's Tale. She…

Ailsa Craig

(Encyclopedia) Ailsa CraigAilsa Craigālˈsə [key], island, c.1 sq mi (2.6 sq km), off SW Scotland, W of Girvan in the Firth of Clyde; it rises to 1,114 ft (340 m). It has granite quarries and a…

King, Larry

(Encyclopedia) King, Larry, 1933-2021, American journalist, radio, and television personality, b. Lawrence Harvey Zeiger, Brooklyn, N.Y. After…

Craig, John

(Encyclopedia) Craig, John, 1512?–1600, Scottish minister of the Reformation. He joined the Dominican order, but through reading the Institutes of Calvin, he adopted Protestantism. Imprisoned at Rome…

Craig, Sir James Henry

(Encyclopedia) Craig, Sir James Henry, 1748–1812, British soldier, governor of Canada (1807–11), b. Gibraltar. He served in the British army from 1763, fighting in the American Revolution and later…

Adler, Jerry

(Encyclopedia) Adler, Jerry: see under Adler, Larry.

Adler, Larry

(Encyclopedia) Adler, Larry (Lawrence Cecil Adler)Adler, Larryădˈlər [key], 1914–2001, American harmonica player, b. Baltimore. Adler, whose career spanned seven decades, is generally credited with…