Search

Search results

Displaying 181 - 190

Sir Gordon Russell Biography

Sir Gordon Russellfurniture designerBorn: 1892Birthplace: London, England Having founded Gordon Russell Ltd. in 1923 to produce furniture, by the 1930s he and his brother Dick (1903–1981) had…

J. Russell Smith Biography

J. Russell Smith (Joseph Russell Smith) economist, scholar, geographerBorn: 1874Birthplace: near Lincoln, Va. Having studied and taught economics at the University of Pennsylvania and its…

Bob Russell 1998 Deaths

Bob Russellentertainer former host of the Miss America pageantBorn: 1908?Died: 1998Browning RossR - ZChico Ryan

Nipsey Russell 2005 Deaths

Nipsey RussellAge: 80 comedian known for his glib one-liners and his rhyming jokes. He frequently appeared on game shows in the 1970s. Died: Manhattan, Oct. 2, 2005Joseph RotblatR - ZHerb…

Russell Feingold, 2006 News

Democratic senator from Wisconsin, in March introduced a motion to censure President Bush for authorizing the National Security Agency to secretly wiretap U.S. citizens without a warrant or…

Harold Russell 2002 Deaths

Harold RussellAge: 88 veteran and actor who won two Oscars—one for acting and a special award—for his performance as a disabled World War II soldier in the film The Best Years of Our Lives.…

Joseph RUSSELL, Congress, NY

RUSSELL, Joseph, a Representative from New York; born in New York and resided in Warrensburg, N.Y., birth date unknown; received a limited schooling; sheriff of Warren County, November 1834-…

Macdonald-Wright, Stanton

(Encyclopedia) Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890–1973, American artist, b. Charlottsville, Va. Macdonald-Wright was among the first Americans to paint in a totally abstract mode. Together with Morgan…

Ricardo, Jorge Antonio

(Encyclopedia) Ricardo, Jorge Antonio, 1961–, Brazilian jockey, b. Rio de Janeiro. Riding in Brazil and Argentina, he has won the prestigious Gran Premio Latinoamericano five times. In 1993 he set a…

Rochester, John Wilmot, 2d earl of

(Encyclopedia) Rochester, John Wilmot, 2d earl of, 1647–80, English poet and courtier, b. Ditchley, Oxfordshire. Most notorious and dissolute of the Restoration rakes, he lost the favor of Charles II…