Search

Search results

Displaying 101 - 110

James Claude WRIGHT, Jr., Congress, TX (1922)

WRIGHT James Claude, Jr. , a Representative from Texas; born in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tex., December 22, 1922; graduated from Adamson High School, Dallas, Tex., 1939; student at Weatherford…

Claude HARRIS, Jr., Congress, AL (1940-1994)

HARRIS Claude, Jr. , a Representative from Alabama; born in Bessemer, Tuscaloosa County, Ala., June 29, 1940; B.S., University of Alabama, Birmingham, Ala., 1962; University of Alabama Law School…

Claude Benton HUDSPETH, Congress, TX (1877-1941)

HUDSPETH Claude Benton , a Representative from Texas; born in Medina, Bandera County, Tex., May 12, 1877; attended the country schools; learned the printing trade; moved to Ozona, Tex., in 1893…

Saint-Simon, Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de

(Encyclopedia) Saint-Simon, Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte deSaint-Simon, Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte deklōd äNrē də r&oomacr;vrwäˈ kôNt də săN-sēmôNˈ [key], 1760–1825, French social…

Juncker, Jean-Claude

(Encyclopedia) Juncker, Jean-Claude, 1954–, Luxembourg political leader. A member of the Christian Social People's party, he was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1984. Juncker served as…

Saint-Germain-en-Laye

(Encyclopedia) Saint-Germain-en-LayeSaint-Germain-en-LayesăN-zhĕrmăNˈ-äN-lā [key], town (1990 pop. 41,710), Yvelines dept., N central France, on the Seine River, a residential suburb W of Paris. It…

Salmasius, Claudius

(Encyclopedia) Salmasius, ClaudiusSalmasius, Claudiusklôdˈēəs sălmāˈshəs [key], 1588–1653, French humanist and philologist. Salmasius is known in French as Claude de Saumaise. After studying Latin…

Tobruk

(Encyclopedia) TobrukTobruktōbr&oobreve;kˈ [key], Arab. Tubruq, city (1984 pop. 75,282), NE Libya, a port on the Mediterranean Sea. It was a fiercely contested objective in World War II (see…

Limousin, Léonard

(Encyclopedia) Limousin or Limosin, LéonardLimousin or Limosin, Léonardlāônärˈ lēm&oomacr;zăNˈ, lēmôzăNˈ [key], c.1505–c.1577, French painter in enamel, most celebrated member of a family of…

Vernet

(Encyclopedia) VernetVernetvĕrnāˈ [key], French family of painters. Claude Joseph Vernet, 1714–89, marine painter, b. Avignon, studied with his father, Antoine Vernet, a decorative painter, and in…