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Director: Jonathan MostowWriters: Jonathan Mostow and Sam MontgomeryDirector of Photography:Doug MilsomeEditors:Derek Brechin and Kevin StittMusic:Basil PoledourisProduction Designer:Victoria…

Charles Henry TURNER, Congress, NY (1861-1913)

TURNER Charles Henry , a Representative and Doorkeeper from New York; born in Wentworth, Grafton County, N.H., May 26, 1861; attended the common schools; moved to New York City in November 1879;…

Adams, Brooks

(Encyclopedia) Adams, Brooks, 1848–1927, American historian, b. Quincy, Mass.; son of Charles Francis Adams (1807–86). His theory that civilization rose and fell according to the growth and decline…

Ross, Harold Wallace

(Encyclopedia) Ross, Harold Wallace, 1892–1951, American editor, b. Aspen, Colo. He founded the New Yorker in 1925 and was its influential managing editor until his death. Ross quit school at the age…

Jehovah's Witnesses

(Encyclopedia) Jehovah's Witnesses, Christian group originating in the United States at the end of the 19th cent., organized by Charles Taze Russell, whose doctrine centers on the Second Coming of…

Thomas Charles HART, Congress, CT (1877-1971)

Senate Years of Service: 1945-1946 Party: Republican HART Thomas Charles , a Senator from Connecticut; born in Davidson, Genesee County, Mich., June 12, 1877; attended various public schools in…

John Charles TARSNEY, Congress, MO (1845-1920)

TARSNEY John Charles , a Representative from Missouri; born in Medina, Lenawee County, Mich., November 7, 1845; attended the common schools; during the Civil War enlisted in the Fourth Regiment,…

Hertzsprung, Ejnar

(Encyclopedia) Hertzsprung, EjnarHertzsprung, Ejnarīˈnär hĕrtsˈspr&oomacr;ng [key], 1873–1967, Danish astronomer. Although trained as a chemical engineer, Hertzsprung made his career in astronomy…