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Aretha Franklin

A Rose Is Still a RoseArista She could sing the words in the phone book and make them sound mesmerizingly soulful. Yet Aretha Franklin has still managed to put out some very lackluster albums…

Brewer's: Franklin

The Polish Franklin. Thaddeus Czacki (1765-1813). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Frankum's NightFrankforters A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…

Douglas, William Orville

(Encyclopedia) Douglas, William Orville, 1898–1980, American jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1939–75), b. Maine, Minn. He received his law degree from Columbia in 1925 and later…

Mark D. Weiser Biography

Mark D. WeiserAge: 46 computer pioneer and chief technology officer for Xerox Corp.'s famous Palo Alto Research Center.Died: Palo Alto, Calif., April 27, 1999Herman WedemeyerS - ZSenor Wences…

Robert D. Currie Biography

Robert D. Curriestage manager production manager for New York's City CenterBorn: 1935Died: 1997Arthur Cunningham1997 DeathsLeon Danielian

John D. Pennekamp Biography

John D. PennekampConservationist, newspaper editorBorn: Jan 1, 1897Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio Pennekamp grew up in Ohio, and began working in the newspaper business at age 14, eventually…

Photographer (N. D. King)

N. David King Tell us about your work---what do you do? I think of myself as an image-maker. I try to use whatever medium is appropriate to the subject to…

W. D. Edmonds Biography

W. D. Edmonds(Walter Dumaux Edmonds)writerBorn: 7/15/1903Birthplace: Boonville, New York He won a Newbury Medal for his book The Matchlock Gun (1969) and a National Book Award for Bert Breen'…