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Keilson, Hans Alex
(Encyclopedia) Keilson, Hans Alex, 1909–2011, German-Dutch novelist and physician. He attended medical school in Berlin, but Nazi racial laws prevented Keilson, who was Jewish, from practicing. In…Northern Pacific Railway
(Encyclopedia) Northern Pacific Railway, former American rail line, following the northern route from Duluth and St. Paul, Minn., to Seattle, Wash., and Portland, Oreg. The Northern Pacific RR…Beadle, George Wells
(Encyclopedia) Beadle, George Wells, 1903–89, American geneticist, b. Wahoo, Nebr., grad. Univ. of Nebraska (B.S., 1926; M.S., 1927), Ph.D. Cornell, 1931. Beadle taught (1931–36) biology at the…Lewis, Morgan
(Encyclopedia) Lewis, Morgan, 1754–1844, American army officer and governor of New York (1804–7), b. New York City; son of Francis Lewis. After serving in the American Revolution, he held a variety…Morgan, John
(Encyclopedia) Morgan, John, 1735–89, American physician, b. Philadelphia, grad. College of Philadelphia (now Univ. of Pennsylvania), 1751. He founded, in Philadelphia (1765), the first medical…Morgan, Julia
(Encyclopedia) Morgan, Julia, 1872–1957, American architect, b. San Francisco, B.S. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1894. Trained as an engineer, she became the first woman to study architecture at…Tsvangirai, Morgan
(Encyclopedia) Tsvangirai, MorganTsvangirai, Morganchänˌgərīˈ [key], 1952–2018, Zimbabwean trade unionist and political leader. In the 1970s, while working in a nickel mine, he joined the Associated…Russell, Morgan
(Encyclopedia) Russell, Morgan, 1886–1953, American painter, b. New York City. Russell, together with Stanton Macdonald-Wright, founded synchromism in Paris in 1913. Structuring his paintings on…Kiss the Girls
Director: Gary FlederWriter: David KlassDirector of Photography:Aaron SchneiderEditors:William Steinkamp and Harvey RosenstockMusic:Mark IshamProduction Designer:Nelson CoatesProducers:David…Port Royal
(Encyclopedia) Port Royal, former coastal city and port, S Jamaica. Situated on a deepwater harbor on the Caribbean shipping lanes between Spain and Panama, a settlement was established in the 1th…Trending
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