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Tait, Archibald Campbell

(Encyclopedia) Tait, Archibald Campbell, 1811–82, British churchman, archbishop of Canterbury, b. Edinburgh. He grew up a Presbyterian, but he early decided to enter the ministry of the Church of…

Clark, Tom Campbell

(Encyclopedia) Clark, Tom Campbell, 1899–1977, U.S. attorney general (1945–49), associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1949–67), b. Dallas, Tex.; father of Ramsey Clark. He received his law…

Sudermann, Hermann

(Encyclopedia) Sudermann, HermannSudermann, Hermannhĕrˈmän z&oomacr;ˈdərmän [key], 1857–1928, German dramatist and novelist. His play Die Ehre (1889; tr. Honor, 1906) was one of the first…

Beaumont, Francis

(Encyclopedia) Beaumont, FrancisBeaumont, Francisbōˈmŏnt [key], 1584?–1616, English dramatist. Born of a distinguished family, he studied at Oxford and the Inner Temple. His literary reputation is…

Fort Laramie National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia) Fort Laramie National Historic SiteFort Laramie National Historic Sitelârˈəmē [key], 833 acres (337 hectares), SE Wyo.; est. 1938. Founded in 1834 as a fur-trading post by William…

Hearst, Patty

(Encyclopedia) Hearst, Patty (Patricia Campbell Hearst Shaw), 1954–, American heiress and kidnapping victim, b. San Francisco. The granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst, she was kidnapped (Feb.,…

Bevan, Aneurin

(Encyclopedia) Bevan, AneurinBevan, Aneurinənīˈrĭn bĕˈvən [key], 1897–1960, British political leader. A coal miner and trade unionist, he served (1929–60) in Parliament as a member of the Labour…

Tu Youyou

(Encyclopedia) Tu Youyou, 1930–, Chinese pharmaceutical chemist, B.S. Peking Univ. School of Medicine, 1955. Tu has spent her entire career as a researcher at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese…

Campbell SLEMP, Congress, VA (1839-1907)

SLEMP Campbell , a Representative from Virginia; born near Turkey Cove, Lee County, Va., December 2, 1839; attended a private school and Emory and Henry College, Emory, Va.; interested in…