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Tooker, George

(Encyclopedia) Tooker, George (George Clair Tooker, Jr.), 1920–2011, American painter, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Harvard (A.B., 1942), studied (1943–45) Art Students League, New York City, with…

Adams, James Truslow

(Encyclopedia) Adams, James TruslowAdams, James Truslowtrŭˈslō [key], 1878–1949, American historian, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. The Founding of New England (1921), which brought him the Pulitzer Prize in…

Langmuir, Irving

(Encyclopedia) Langmuir, IrvingLangmuir, Irvinglăngˈmy&oomacr;r [key], 1881–1957, American chemist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. Associated (1909–50) with the research laboratory of the General Electric…

Levitt, William Jaird

(Encyclopedia) Levitt, William JairdLevitt, William Jairdlĕvˈət [key], 1907–94, American builder, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. After studying at New York Univ., he (and his brother) joined his father's…

Ignarro, Louis Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Ignarro, Louis Joseph, 1941–. American pharmacologist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Ph.D. Univ. of Minnesota, 1966. He was on the faculty at Tulane Univ. from 1979 to 1985, when he became a…

New York, City University of

(Encyclopedia) New York, City University of (CUNY), at New York City; created in 1961 by combining the city's 17 municipal colleges. It includes Bernard M. Baruch College (1919; specializes in…

Nirenberg, Marshall Warren

(Encyclopedia) Nirenberg, Marshall Warren, 1927–2010, American biochemist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Ph.D., Univ. of Michigan, 1947. He spent his entire career as a researcher at the National Institutes of…

Pennell, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Pennell, JosephPennell, Josephpĕnˈəl [key], 1857–1926, American illustrator, etcher, lithographer, and author, b. Philadelphia, studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.…

Hall, Jeffrey Connor

(Encyclopedia) Hall, Jeffrey Connor, 1945–, American geneticist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Ph.D. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, 1971. Hall was a professor at Brandeis Univ. from 1974 to 2008; he also taught…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: March 11, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 10, 1806March 12, 1806March 11, 1806 Tuesday March 11th 1806. Early this morning Sergt. Pryor arrived with a small canoe loaded with fish…