Search
Search results
Displaying 121 - 130
Abraham CLARK, Congress, NJ (1726-1794)
CLARK Abraham , a Delegate and a Representative from New Jersey; born near Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth), N.J., February 15, 1726; attended private schools; studied law but never practiced;…Abraham RENCHER, Congress, NC (1798-1883)
RENCHER Abraham , a Representative from North Carolina; born near Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., August 12, 1798; tutored at home and attended the common schools and Pittsboro (N.C.) Academy; was…Abraham YATES, Congress, NY (1724-1796)
YATES, Abraham, (uncle of Peter Waldron Yates), a Delegate from New York; born in Albany, N.Y., August 23, 1724; completed preparatory studies; sheriff of Albany County 1755-1759; deputy to…Abraham VANDERVEER, Congress, NY (1781-1839)
VANDERVEER Abraham , a Representative from New York; born in Kings County, N.Y., in 1781; attended the common schools; county clerk of Kings County 1816-1821 and 1822-1837; upon its organization…The Koran/Sura XIV — Abraham, On Whom Be Peace
Sura XIV — Abraham, On Whom Be PeaceMecca — 52 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful ELIF. LAM. RA. This Book have we sent down to thee that by their Lord's permission…Machpelah
(Encyclopedia) MachpelahMachpelahmăkpēˈlə [key], cave, near Hebron; also called the Cave of the Patriarchs. The Book of Genesis relates that it was bought by Abraham from Ephron, son of Zohar the…Morse, John Torrey
(Encyclopedia) Morse, John Torrey, 1840–1937, American lawyer and biographer, b. Boston. Admitted to the bar in 1862, he practiced law in Boston until 1880, when he turned all his attention to…Cartwright, Peter
(Encyclopedia) Cartwright, Peter, 1785–1872, American Methodist preacher, b. Virginia. He was a circuit rider in Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois for nearly 50 years. In 1846 he was…Simpson, Matthew
(Encyclopedia) Simpson, Matthew, 1811–84, American Methodist bishop, b. Cadiz, Ohio. In 1839 he became the first president of Indiana Asbury Univ. (now DePauw Univ.). He edited (1848–52) the Western…Michelson, Albert Abraham
(Encyclopedia) Michelson, Albert AbrahamMichelson, Albert Abrahammīˈkəlsən [key], 1852–1931, American physicist, b. Strelno, Prussia, grad. Annapolis, 1873, and studied at Berlin, Heidelberg, and…Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
