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George Kennan 2005 Deaths

George KennanAge: 101 influential diplomat and historian who, while working at the U.S. embassy in Moscow in 1946, devised the U.S. policy of containment to deal with the Soviet Union during…

George MacDonald Fraser Biography

authorDied: January 2, 2008 (Isle of Man) Best Known as: author of the Flashman novels A British writer who wrote the Flashman novels over four decades…

George Fenneman 1997 Deaths

George Fenneman television personality Fenneman was the unflappable straight man to Groucho Marx on television's You Bet Your Life. His other television credits include Anybody Can Play and…

George William Childs Biography

George William Childspublisher, philanthropistBorn: 1829Birthplace: Baltimore, Md. Having begun his career when he opened a Philadelphia bookstore in 1847, he soon expanded into publishing.…

Harry George Ferguson Biography

Harry George FergusoninventorBorn: 11/4/1884Birthplace: Dromore, County Down, Ireland He began working in his own business at age 16 in Belfast, and went on to build his own airplane, making…

George Huntington Hartford Biography

George Huntington HartfordretailerBorn: 1833Birthplace: Augusta, Maine Hartford worked in stores in Boston and St. Louis before heading to New York City, where he and George F. Gilman opened…

George A. Hormel Biography

George A. HormelmeatpackerBorn: 1860Birthplace: Buffalo, N.Y. Hormel settled in Austin, Minnesota after working throughout the Midwest, opening the George A. Hormel and Company meat packing…

George Hunt Weyerhaeuser Biography

George Hunt Weyerhaeuserlumber executiveBorn: 1926Birthplace: Seattle, Wash. He joined the family lumber business, Weyerhaeuser Company after graduating from Yale. He worked for 12 years,…