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Irving G. Thalberg Biography
Irving G. Thalberg movie executiveBorn: 5/30/1899Birthplace: New York City A film industry Wunderkind, Thalberg was promoted from his post as secretary to Universal Film Manufacturing in New…Carter G. Woodson Biography
Carter G. Woodson historian, educatorBorn: 1875Birthplace: New Canton, Virginia Taught to read by family members, Woodson worked as a coal miner in West Virginia and put himself through high…R. G. Dun Biography
R. G. Dun(Robert Graham Dun)merchant, financial services brokerBorn: 1826Birthplace: Chillicothe, Ohio He began his career in Tappan & Douglass, the first mercantile agency in New York…Charles G. Roberts: The Recessional
The RecessionalCharles G. RobertsNow along the solemn heights Fade the Autumn's altar-lights; Down the great earth's glimmering chancel Glide the days and nights.Little kindred of the grass…E. G. Marshall Biography
E. G. Marshall(Everett G. Marshall)actorBorn: 6/18/1910Birthplace: Owatonna, Minnesota Character actor of television, film, and stage who dabbled in archaeology and studyied for the clergy before a…Logan, James, chief of the Mingo
(Encyclopedia) Logan, James, c.1725–1780, chief of the Mingo, b. Pennsylvania. He took his name from James Logan (1674–1751) and is frequently called simply Logan. He was a leader of the Native…Lease, Mary Elizabeth
(Encyclopedia) Lease, Mary Elizabeth, 1853–1933, American agrarian reformer and temperance advocate, b. Ridgeway, Pa. The daughter of an Irish political refugee, she first gained recognition for a…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Lines to Ellen
Lines to EllenTell me, maiden, dost thou use Thyself thro' Nature to diffuse? All the angles of the coast Were tenanted by thy sweet ghost, Bore thy colors every flower, Thine each leaf and…Ralph Waldo Emerson: To Ellen at the South
To Ellen at the SouthThe green grass is bowing, The morning wind is in it; 'T is a tune worth thy knowing, Though it change every minute. 'T is a tune of the Spring; Every year plays it…Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, 2005 News
defeated soccer star George Weah in Liberia's runoff presidential election. She took 59% to Weah's 41% to become Africa's first woman head of state. The Harvard-educated economist is a…Trending
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