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Everett SANDERS, Congress, IN (1882-1950)

SANDERS Everett , a Representative from Indiana; born near Coalmont, Clay County, Ind., March 8, 1882; attended the public schools and the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute; was graduated…

Worcester, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Worcester, industrial city (1990 pop. 169,759), seat of Worcester co., central Mass., on the Blackstone River; inc. 1722. The canalization (1828) of the Blackstone River marked the…

Bush, Vannevar

(Encyclopedia) Bush, VannevarBush, Vannevarvănˈəvər [key], 1890–1974, American electrical engineer and physicist, b. Everett, Mass., grad. Tufts College (B.S., 1913). He went to Massachusetts…

Lichfield

(Encyclopedia) Lichfield, town (1991 pop. 25,408) and district, Staffordshire, W central England. Lichfield is a market town with light industries, famous for its three-spired cathedral and its close…

cape buffalo

(Encyclopedia) cape buffalo, species of short-haired African ungulate, or hoofed mammal, Syncerus caffer. The cape, or African, buffalo may reach 7 ft (2.1 m) in length, weigh more than 1,500 lb (670…

Cameroons, former German colony

(Encyclopedia) Cameroons, Fr. Cameroun, Ger. Kamerun, former German colony, W Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea and extending N to Lake Chad. Germany's penetration of the area began in 1884 and by 1902…

Sahel

(Encyclopedia) SahelSahelsähĕlˈ [key], name applied to the semiarid region of Africa between the Sahara to the north and the savannas to the south, extending from Senegal and Mauritania on the west,…

Edward EVERETT, Congress, MA (1794-1865)

Senate Years of Service: 1853-1854 Party: Whig EVERETT Edward , a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Dorchester, Mass., April 11, 1794; graduated from Harvard University in…

Horace EVERETT, Congress, VT (1779-1851)

EVERETT Horace , a Representative from Vermont; born in Foxboro, Mass., July 17, 1779; was graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1797; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1801…

Robert Terry EVERETT, Congress, AL (1937)

EVERETT Robert Terry , a Representative from Alabama; born in Dothan, Houston County, Ala., February 15, 1937; graduated from the public schools of Midland City, Ala.; attended Enterprise State…