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George Howard 1998 Deaths

George HowardAge: 41 modern jazz saxophonist whose success led to several Grammy Award nominations.Died: March 22, 1998.Chandler (Buss) Hovey Jr.G - LTrevor Huddleston

The National Inventors Hall of Fame

The Inventors Hall of Fame, located in Akron, Ohio, was established in 1973 by the National Council of Patent Law Associations, now the National Council of Intellectual Property Law Associations,…

Modern Pentathlon

First Olympic Appearance: 1912 (men); 2000 (women) by Mike Morrison and Mark Zurlo Did You Know? American George Patton (yes, that George Patton) was a strong challenger for the modern…

Wolfe, Thomas Clayton

(Encyclopedia) Wolfe, Thomas Clayton, 1900–1938, American novelist, b. Asheville, N.C., grad. Univ. of North Carolina, 1920, M.A. Harvard, 1922. An important 20th-century American novelist, Wolfe…

Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett

(Encyclopedia) Bierce, Ambrose GwinettBierce, Ambrose Gwinettămˈbrōz gwĭnĕtˈ bĭrs [key], 1842–1914?, American satirist, journalist, and short-story writer, b. Meigs co., Ohio. He fought with extreme…

Thomas, George Henry

(Encyclopedia) Thomas, George Henry, 1816–70, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Southampton co., Va. He served in the Seminole War and in the Mexican War. Later he taught at West Point and…

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Jaime SabinesEdmond SafraDoug SahmFred Saigh Jr.Gene SarazenVazgen SarkisianNathalie SarrauteBidu SayaoArthur Schawlow Elizabeth (Betty) Robinson SchwartzAl Schill Jr.George C(ampbell)…

2002 National Medal of Technology Recipients

Calvin H. Carter, Cree, Inc., Durham, N.C., for pioneering the development of silicon carbide semiconductor materials. Harun S. Gandhi, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Mich., for researching…

Knight, John S.

publisherBirthplace: Bluefield, W. Va.Born: 1894Died: 1981