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Missouri, University of

(Encyclopedia) Missouri, University of, at Columbia (main campus), Rolla, Kansas City, and St. Louis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1839, opened 1841. It is the oldest…

Hawaii, University of

(Encyclopedia) Hawaii, University of, at Honolulu (Manoa Campus), Hilo, and Pearl City (West Oahu Campus) with additional community college campuses; land-grant and state supported; coeducational;…

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…

West Virginia University

(Encyclopedia) West Virginia University, mainly at Morgantown; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; est. and opened 1867 as an agricultural college, renamed 1868. It operates 15 schools and…

Van Der Zee, James

(Encyclopedia) Van Der Zee, James, 1886–1983, American photographer, b. Lenox, Mass. The son of Ulysses S. Grant's maid and butler, Van Der Zee opened his first studio in Harlem, New York City, in…

Meade, George Gordon

(Encyclopedia) Meade, George Gordon, 1815–72, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Cádiz, Spain. Graduated from West Point in 1835, he resigned from the army the next year and became a civil…

Cox, Jacob Dolson

(Encyclopedia) Cox, Jacob Dolson, 1828–1900, Union general in the Civil War and American statesman, b. Montreal, of a New York City family. Admitted to the Ohio bar in 1853, he was active in…

Davies, Robertson

(Encyclopedia) Davies, Robertson (William Robertson Davies)Davies, Robertsondāˈvĭs [key], 1913–95, Canadian writer and editor. After receiving a B.Litt. from Oxford (1938), he joined the Old Vic…

2003–2004 Obie Awards

The 2003–2004 Obie Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions, were presented on May 17, 2004, at New York's Webster Hall.Direction: Lee…

Purdue University

(Encyclopedia) Purdue UniversityPurdue Universitypərdy&oomacr;ˈ, –d&oomacr;ˈ [key], main campus at West Lafayette, Ind.; land-grant with state support; coeducational; chartered 1865, opened…