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Blanche Kelso BRUCE, Congress, MS (1841-1898)
Senate Years of Service: 1875-1881 Party: Republican BRUCE Blanche Kelso , a Senator from Mississippi; born in slavery near Farmville, Prince Edward County, Va., March 1, 1841; was tutored by his…Dent Blanche
(Encyclopedia) Dent BlancheDent BlanchedäN bläNsh [key], peak, 14,318 ft (4,364 m) high, Valais canton, S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps.Thebom, Blanche
mezzo-sopranoBirthplace: Monessen, Pa.Born: 9/19/19Knopf, Alfred A.
(Encyclopedia) Knopf, Alfred A. (Alfred Abraham Knopf)Knopf, Alfred A.kənŏpfˈ, nŏpf [key], 1892–1984, American publisher, b. New York City. After working (1912–14) for the Doubleday, Page Publishing…Bruce of Melbourne, Stanley Melbourne Bruce, Viscount
(Encyclopedia) Bruce of Melbourne, Stanley Melbourne Bruce, Viscount: see Bruce, Stanley Melbourne.Brewer's: Carte Blanche
(French). A blank cheque signed by the giver, but left to be filled in by the receiver, with a sum of money drawn on the bank-account of the giver. Power to act at discretion in an affair…Bruce, Lenny
(Encyclopedia) Bruce, Lenny, 1925–66, American comedian, b. Long Island, N.Y., as Leonard Alfred Schneider. Possessed of a cynical, surreal, and intensely comic view of the world, Bruce brutally…Blanche of Castile
(Encyclopedia) Blanche of CastileBlanche of CastilebläNsh, kăstēlˈ [key], 1185?–1252, queen of Louis VIII of France and regent during the minority (1226–34) of their son Louis IX. A forceful and…Knopf, Blanche W.
(Encyclopedia) Knopf, Blanche W.: see under Knopf, Alfred A.Bruce
(Encyclopedia) Bruce, Scottish royal family descended from an 11th-century Norman duke, Robert de Brus. He aided William I in his conquest of England (1066) and was given lands in England. His son…Trending
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