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Gist, Christopher
(Encyclopedia) Gist, ChristopherGist, Christophergĭst [key], c.1706–1759, American frontiersman, b. Maryland. Commissioned by the Ohio Company to explore their western lands. In 1750 he descended the…MF DOOM
(Encyclopedia) MF DOOM, 1971-2020, African-American rap artist, b. London, England, as Daniel Dumile. Although born in London, Dumile was raised on…Laughlin, Robert Betts
(Encyclopedia) Laughlin, Robert Betts, 1950–, American physicist, b. Visalia, Calif., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979. Laughlin was a researcher at Lawrence Livermore National…Washington, Martha
(Encyclopedia) Washington, Martha, 1731–1802, wife of George Washington, b. New Kent co., Va. The daughter of John Dandridge and Frances Jones Dandridge, she first married (1749) Daniel Parke Custis…World's Columbian Exposition
(Encyclopedia) World's Columbian Exposition, held at Chicago, May–Nov., 1893, in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. Authorized (1890) by…Henderson, Richard, American colonizer in Kentucky
(Encyclopedia) Henderson, Richard, 1735–85, American colonizer in Kentucky, b. Hanover co., Va. An associate justice of the North Carolina superior court (1769–73), Henderson was long interested in…Hayne, Robert Young
(Encyclopedia) Hayne, Robert Young, 1791–1839, American statesman, b. Colleton District, S.C. Having served in the South Carolina legislature (1814–18) and as attorney general of South Carolina (1818…Hunkers
(Encyclopedia) Hunkers, conservative faction of the Democratic party in New York state in the 1840s, so named because they were supposed to “hanker” or “hunker” after office. In opposition to them…Marino, Dan
(Encyclopedia) Marino, Dan (Daniel Constantine Marino, Jr.)Marino, Danmərēˈnō [key], 1961–, American football player, b. Pittsburgh. After starring as an All-American quarterback at the Univ. of…McIntosh, Lachlan
(Encyclopedia) McIntosh, LachlanMcIntosh, Lachlanlăkˈlən [key]McIntosh, Lachlan măkˈəntŏshˌ [key], 1725–1806, American Revolutionary general, b. Scotland. He was brought as a child to a Scottish…Trending
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