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(William Griffith Wilson)founder of Alcoholics AnonymousBirthplace: East Dorset, VermontBorn: 1895Died: 1971Ellesmere Port
(Encyclopedia) Ellesmere Port, town, Cheshire West and Chester, W central England. Ellesmere Port is located on the Manchester Ship Canal near its…Lincoln Memorial
(Encyclopedia) Lincoln Memorial, monument, 107 acres (45 hectares), in Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.; built 1914–17. The building, designed by Henry Bacon and styled after a Greek temple, has 36…Chester Alan Arthur
Chester Alan ArthurBorn: 10/5/1829Birthplace: Fairfield, Vt. Chester Alan Arthur was born at Fairfield, Vt., on Oct. 5, 1829. A graduate of Union College, he became a successful New York…Chester F. Carlson
Chester F. Carlson Born: 1906Birthplace: Seattle, Wash. Electrophotography—Carlson invented xerographic dry-copy printing basing his process on electrostatics as opposed to chemical or…Biographies: U.S. Military Leaders
U.S. Military Leaders Douglas MacArthur See also People in the News Recent Obituaries Related Links Military Personnel Veterans Memorial Day Veterans Day America's Wars: U.S.…List of Delegates to the Anti-Slavery Convention of Women
Minutes.Corresponding Members.List of Delegates to the Convention.MAINE. Ruth Hussey, Portland,NEW HAMPSHIRE. Louisa Whipple, Concord.RHODE ISLAND. Mary A. W. Johnson…Northwich
(Encyclopedia) NorthwichNorthwichnôrthˈwĭch [key], town (1991 pop. 32,664), Cheshire West and Chester, W central England, at the confluence of the Weaver and Dane rivers. Northwich was once the…Brown, Henry Kirke
(Encyclopedia) Brown, Henry Kirke, 1814–86, American sculptor, b. Leyden, Mass. He studied portrait painting with Chester Harding and later turned to sculpture, which he studied in Italy. Returning…Carlson, Chester Floyd
(Encyclopedia) Carlson, Chester Floyd, 1906–68, American inventor; b. Seattle, Wash. A patent lawyer, he invented (1938) xerography, a method of electrostatic printing. For the next two decades he…