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Alvar Aalto Iorwith Wilbur Abel Sir Patrick Abercrombie Henry Carter Adams Alexander Agassiz Horace Marden Albright Maurice Allais Sir Hugh Allan Linda Alvarado Oakes Ames Othmar Hermann…Greenwich, town, United States
(Encyclopedia) Greenwich Greenwich grĕnˈĭch [key], residential town (2020 pop. 63,518), Fairfield co., SW Conn., on…Hebrews, book of the New Testament
(Encyclopedia) Hebrews, an anonymous New Testament homily with closing greetings normally associated with the letter genre, written before c.a.d. 96. It is addressed to Jewish Christians who were…Holness, Andrew
(Encyclopedia) Holness, Andrew, 1972–, Jamaican politician, prime minister of Jamaica (2011–12, 2016–). A member of the Jamaica Labor party (JLP), Holness served (1996–2000) as special assistant to…Myerson, Roger Bruce
(Encyclopedia) Myerson, Roger Bruce, 1951–, American economist, b. Boston, Mass., Ph.D. Harvard, 1976. He has taught at Northwestern Univ. (1976–2001) and the Univ. of Chicago (2001–). With Leonid…Beutler, Bruce Alan
(Encyclopedia) Beutler, Bruce Alan, 1957–, American immunologist and geneticist, b. Chicago, Ill., M.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1981. Beutler has been a professor and physician at Rockefeller Univ. (1984–…Tharp, Marie
(Encyclopedia) Tharp, Marie, 1920–2006, American oceanographer and cartographer, grad. Univ. of Michigan (M.A. 1944). A geologist with experience in mapping, she came to Columbia Univ. as a geology…Skeat, Walter William
(Encyclopedia) Skeat, Walter William, 1835–1912, English scholar and philologist. Skeat took holy orders in 1860, but illness cut short his church career. At Cambridge he served as a lecturer in…Henry Sterling MAGOON, Congress, WI (1832-1889)
MAGOON Henry Sterling , a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Monticello, Lafayette County, Wis., January 31, 1832; attended the Rock River Seminary, Mount Morris, Ill., and was graduated from…William Sterling COLE, Congress, NY (1904-1987)
COLE William Sterling , a Representative from New York; born in Painted Post, Steuben County, N.Y., April 18, 1904; attended the public schools; A.B., Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y., 1925;…Trending
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