Search

Search results

Displaying 51 - 60

House, Edward Mandell

(Encyclopedia) House, Edward Mandell, 1858–1938, American political figure, adviser to President Wilson, b. Houston. Active in Texas politics, he was (1882–92) campaign manager and adviser to Gov.…

Wilson, Kenneth Geddes

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Kenneth Geddes, 1936–2013, American physicist, b. Waltham, Mass., Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1961. A professor at Cornell (1963–88) and Ohio State Univ. (1988–…

Wilson, Pete

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Pete (Peter Barton Wilson), 1933–, American politician, b. Lake Forest, Ill. A lawyer and moderate Republican, he began his career in local politics. He was a campaign aide in…

Baker, Ray Stannard

(Encyclopedia) Baker, Ray Stannard, pseud. David Grayson, 1870–1946, American author, b. Lansing, Mich., grad. Michigan State College (now Michigan State Univ.), 1889. At first a Chicago newspaper…

Richard Walker BOLLING, Congress, MO (1916-1991)

BOLLING Richard Walker , a Representative from Missouri; born in New York City, May 17, 1916; attended grade schools and Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H.; at the age of fifteen, upon his…

Wilson, August

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, August, 1945–2005, American playwright and poet, b. Pittsburgh as Frederick August Kittel, Jr. Largely self-educated, Wilson first attracted wide critical attention with his…

Pierné, Henri Constant Gabriel

(Encyclopedia) Pierné, Henri Constant GabrielPierné, Henri Constant GabrieläNrēˈ kôNstäNˈ gäbrēĕlˈ pyĕrnāˈ [key], 1863–1937, French organist, conductor, and composer; pupil of Massenet and César…

Bérégovoy, Pierre

(Encyclopedia) Bérégovoy, PierreBérégovoy, Pierrepēĕrˌ bārāgōvoiˈ [key], 1925–93, French politician. A leader of the Socialist party after 1969, he was an adviser (1981–82) to François Mitterrand,…

Edith M. Thomas: The Inverted Torch

The Inverted TorchEdith M. ThomasThreading a darksome passage all alone, The taper's flame, by envious current blown, Crouched low, and eddied round, as in affright, So challenged by the vast…