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Anthony MICHALEK, Congress, IL (1878-1916)

MICHALEK Anthony , a Representative from Illinois; born in Radvanov, Bohemia, January 16, 1878; immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Chicago, Ill., in 1878; attended…

Craig Anthony WASHINGTON, Congress, TX (1941)

WASHINGTON Craig Anthony , a Representative from Texas; born in Longview, Gregg County, Tex., October 12, 1941; B.S., Prairie View A&M University, 1966; J.D., Texas Southern University Law…

Anthony WAYNE, Congress, GA (1745-1796)

WAYNE Anthony , a Representative from Georgia; born in East Town, Chester County, Pa., January 1, 1745; attended Philadelphia Academy; became a land surveyor and was employed for a time in Nova…

Anthony KENNEDY, Congress, MD (1810-1892)

Senate Years of Service: 1857-1861; 1861-1863 Party: American (Know-Nothing); Unionist KENNEDY Anthony , a Senator from Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md., December 21, 1810; was sent by his…

Kortrijk

(Encyclopedia) KortrijkKortrijkkôrtˈrīk [key], Fr. Courtrai, city (1991 pop. 76,141), West Flanders prov., SW Belgium, on the Leie River. It is an important linen, lace, and textile-manufacturing…

Kavanaugh, Brett Michael

(Encyclopedia) Kavanaugh, Brett Michael, 1965–, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (2018–), b. Washington, D.C., grad. Yale (B.A. 1987, J.D. 1990). He clerked for Supreme Court Justice…

Walpole, Sir Hugh Seymour

(Encyclopedia) Walpole, Sir Hugh Seymour, 1884–1941, English novelist, b. New Zealand, educated at Cambridge. His first two novels were failures, but with Fortitude (1913) he achieved financial and…

Booker, Corey Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Booker, Corey Anthony, 1969- , African American politician, b. Washington, D.C., Stanford University (B.A., 1991; M.A., 1992),…

Carrington, Peter Carington, 6th Baron

(Encyclopedia) Carrington, Peter Carington, 6th Baron, 1919–2018, British politician. Educated at Eton and Sandhurst, he succeeded to the peerage in 1938. After serving with distinction in World War…

Kennedy, Anthony McLeod

(Encyclopedia) Kennedy, Anthony McLeod, 1936–, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1988–2018), b. Sacramento, Calif., grad. Stanford (1958), Harvard Law School (1961). For many years (1965–…