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Baker, Russell
(Encyclopedia) Baker, Russell, 1925–2018, American journalist, author, humorist, and television personality, b. Loudon Co., Va., grad. John Hopkins (1947). He began as a night police reporter for The…Christina
(Encyclopedia) ChristinaChristinakrĭstēˈnə [key], 1626–89, queen of Sweden (1632–54), daughter and successor of Gustavus II. From her father's death (1632) until 1644 she was under a regency headed…Hubbard Glacier
(Encyclopedia) Hubbard Glacier, SE Alaska, largest tidewater glacier in North America, on Disenchantment Bay at head of Yakutat Bay, at the northern end of the Alaskan panhandle. Extending 76 mi (122…Ponzi, Charles
(Encyclopedia) Ponzi, Charles or Carlo, 1882–1949), Italian-American swindler. He came to the United States from his native Italy in 1903, then went in 1907 to Canada, where he was convicted of check…Trevelyan, Sir George Otto
(Encyclopedia) Trevelyan, Sir George Otto, 1838–1928, British historian and politician. He served as a Whig member of the House of Commons from 1865 to 1897. He held posts under W. E. Gladstone as…Peirce, Charles Sanders
(Encyclopedia) Peirce, Charles SandersPeirce, Charles Sanderspûrs [key], 1839–1914, American philosopher and polymath, b. Cambridge, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1859; son of Benjamin Peirce. Except for…Russell Henderson, 1999 0 News
21, drew two consecutive life sentences after pleading guilty in April in a Wyoming court to the 1998 kidnapping and murder of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old gay college student. The trial…Russell Long 2003 Deaths
Russell LongAge: 84 politician who served as a Democratic senator from Louisiana from 1948 to 1986. He was the son of legendary Louisiana governor Huey Long. Died: Washington, D.C., May 9,…Russell Henderson, 1999 News
22, high-school dropout and drug dealer, was convicted of murder, robbery, and kidnapping in the 1998 beating death of gay college student Matthew Shepard. He was sentenced in a Wyoming…Herman Russell Branson Biography
Herman Russell BransonphysicistBorn: 1914Birthplace: Pocahontas, Va. As chair of the Department of Physics at Howard University, Herman Branson helped the scientific community gain new insight into…Trending
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