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Scipio Africanus Major

(Encyclopedia) Scipio Africanus Major (Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus)Scipio Africanus Majorsĭpˈēō [key]Scipio Africanus Majorăfrĭkāˈnəs [key], 236–183 b.c., Roman general, the conqueror of…

Tanaïs

(Encyclopedia) Tanaïs: see Don, river, Russia; Azov, city.

Sheehan, Neil

(Encyclopedia) Sheehan, Neil (Cornelius Mahoney Sheehan), 1936-2021, American journalist, b. Holyoke, Ma. Sheehan was hired by United Press…

Mack, Connie

(Encyclopedia) Mack, Connie (Cornelius McGillicuddy), 1862–1956, American baseball player and manager, b. East Brookfield, Mass. He was a star catcher for the Washington Senators (1886–89) and the…

Overbeck, Johann Friedrich

(Encyclopedia) Overbeck, Johann FriedrichOverbeck, Johann Friedrichyōˈhän frēˈdrĭkh oˈvərbĕk [key], 1789–1869, German religious painter. Expelled from the Vienna Academy because of his opposition to…

Byrd, Robert Carlyle

(Encyclopedia) Byrd, Robert Carlyle, 1917–2010, U.S. senator from West Virginia (1959–2010), b. North Wilkesboro, N.C., as Cornelius Calvin Sale, Jr. A Democrat, he served (1947–52) in the West…

Cornelius HARNETT, Congress, NC (1723-1781)

HARNETT, Cornelius, a Delegate from North Carolina; born near Edenton, Chowan County, N.C., April 20, 1723; moved with his parents to Brunswick in 1726 and later to Wilmington, N. C.; engaged…

Cornelius Edward GALLAGHER, Congress, NJ (1921)

GALLAGHER Cornelius Edward , a Representative from New Jersey; born in Bayonne, Hudson County, N.J., March 2, 1921; attended the local schools of Bayonne; was graduated from John Marshall College,…

Cornelius HOLLAND, Congress, ME (1783-1870)

HOLLAND Cornelius , a Representative from Maine; born in Sutton, Mass., July 9, 1783; attended the common schools; studied medicine and commenced practice in Livermore, Maine, in 1814; moved to…

Cornelius COLE, Congress, CA (1822-1924)

Senate Years of Service: 1867-1873 Party: Republican COLE Cornelius , a Representative and a Senator from California; born in Lodi, Seneca County, N.Y., September 17, 1822; attended the common…