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Matthew Stanley QUAY, Congress, PA (1833-1904)

Senate Years of Service: 1887-1899; 1901-1904 Party: Republican; Republican QUAY Matthew Stanley , a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Dillsburg, York County, Pa., on September 30, 1833;…

Rinehart, Mary Roberts

(Encyclopedia) Rinehart, Mary RobertsRinehart, Mary Robertsrīnˈhärt [key], 1876–1958, American novelist, b. Pittsburgh. A graduate nurse, she married Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart in 1896. The first of her…

Lee, Ann

(Encyclopedia) Lee, Ann, 1736–84, English religious visionary, founder of the Shakers in America. Born in Manchester, she worked there in the cotton factories and then became a cook. In 1762 she was…

Halas, George Stanley, Sr.

(Encyclopedia) Halas, George Stanley, Sr., 1895–1983, American football coach, b. Chicago, grad. Univ. of Illinois, 1918. He served in the navy in World War I, played baseball (1919) with the New…

Brodeur, Martin Pierre

(Encyclopedia) Brodeur, Martin Pierre, 1972–, Canadian ice hockey player, b. Montreal. He became starting goalie for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1993 and played with…