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Howard Curtis NIELSON, Congress, UT (1924)

NIELSON Howard Curtis , A Representative from Utah; born in Richfield, Sevier County, Utah, September 12, 1924; graduated from Richfield High School, 1942; B.S., University of Utah, Salt Lake City,…

Charles CURTIS, Congress, KS (1860-1936)

Senate Years of Service: 1907-1913; 1915-1929 Party: Republican; Republican CURTIS Charles , a Representative and a Senator from Kansas and a Vice President of the United States; born in Topeka,…

Edward CURTIS, Congress, NY (1801-1856)

CURTIS Edward , a Representative from New York; born in Windsor, Vt., October 25, 1801; was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1821; studied law; was admitted to the New York bar…

Laurence CURTIS, Congress, MA (1893-1989)

CURTIS Laurence , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 3, 1893; graduated from Groton School in 1912 and from Harvard University in 1916; served…

Lang Lang

(Encyclopedia) Lang Lang, 1982–, Chinese virtuoso pianist. A child prodigy, he studied at the Central Music Conservatory, Beijing, and the Curtis Institute, Philadelphia. Noted for the romantic,…

Ochs, Adolph Simon

(Encyclopedia) Ochs, Adolph SimonOchs, Adolph Simonŏks [key], 1858–1935, American newspaper publisher, b. Cincinnati. Starting as a newsboy in Knoxville, Tenn., he became a printer's apprentice,…

Grace, princess consort of Monaco

(Encyclopedia) Grace, 1929–82, princess consort of Monaco, b. Philadelphia as Grace Patricia Kelly. She acted on stage and television in New York, and made her film debut in 1951. Cool, blonde, and…

Fields, W. C.

(Encyclopedia) Fields, W. C. (William Claude Fields), 1880–1946, American comic actor, b. Philadelphia as Claude William Dukenfield. He began his career as a juggler, and much later appeared in the…

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

(Encyclopedia) Cerro Tololo Inter-American ObservatoryCerro Tololo Inter-American Observatorysāˈrō tōlōˈlō [key], astronomical observatory located on Cerro Tololo peak, Chile, with offices in La…

Roger II

(Encyclopedia) Roger II, c.1095–1154, count (1101–30) and first king (1130–54) of Sicily, son and successor of Roger I. He conquered (1127) Apulia and Salerno and sided with the antipope Anacletus II…