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Fodor, Eugene

violinistBirthplace: Turkey Creek, Colo.Born: 3/5/50

Eugene Onegin

Music:Peter Ilyich TchaikovskyLibretto:Tchaikovsky and K. S. Shilovsky, based on the poem by PushkinPremiere:Moscow, March 29, 1879 Tchaikovsky himself is said to have been enamored of the…

Eugene Chung

Eugene ChungBorn: June 14, 1969Football OL first player of Asian descent to be selected in the first round of the NFL draft (1992, 13th overall by New England); All-Big East Conference…

Eugene Houdry

Eugene Houdry Born: 1892 Birthplace: Domont, France Liquid fuels—Up until World War I enough gasoline was produced…

Bitterroot Range

(Encyclopedia) Bitterroot Range, part of the Rocky Mts., on the Idaho-Mont. line. The main range, running northwest-southeast, includes Trapper Peak (10,175 ft/3,101 m high); Mt. Garfield (10,961 ft/…

Eugene III

(Encyclopedia) Eugene III, d. 1153, pope (1145–53), a Pisan named Bernard (probably in full Bernardo dei Paganelli di Montemagno); successor of Lucius II. Before his election he was called Bernard of…

Hays, Arthur Garfield

(Encyclopedia) Hays, Arthur Garfield, 1881–1954, American lawyer, b. Rochester, N.Y. He was admitted (1905) to the bar and practiced in New York City. He was active in many cases concerned with civil…

Perkin, Sir William Henry

(Encyclopedia) Perkin, Sir William Henry, 1838–1907, English chemist. In 1856 he discovered the first aniline dye (aniline purple, known as mauve and mauveine); by founding a factory to make it,…

Houdin, Jean Eugène Robert

(Encyclopedia) Houdin, Jean Eugène Robert or Jean Eugène Robert-HoudinHoudin, Jean Eugène RobertzhäN özhĕnˈ rōbĕrˈ &oomacr;dăNˈ [key], 1805–71, French conjurer and magician. Originally a…