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William Allen SIPE, Congress, PA (1844-1935)
SIPE William Allen , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Harrisonville, Fulton County, Pa., July 1, 1844; attended the public schools, and Cassville Academy, Cassville, Huntingdon County…Murray, Elizabeth
(Encyclopedia) Murray, Elizabeth, 1940–2007, American abstract artist, b. Chicago. She moved in 1967 to New York, where she became part of the post-minimalism generation of artists in the 1970s. In…Mitchell, Maria
(Encyclopedia) Mitchell, Maria, 1818–89, American astronomer and educator, b. Nantucket, Mass. Mitchell taught school in Nantucket, and later became a librarian. On Oct. 1, 1847, Mitchell discovered…Mother Goose
(Encyclopedia) Mother Goose, name associated with nursery rhymes. Most English nursery rhymes have been ascribed to Mother Goose. The origin of the name is still a matter of dispute. Some trace it to…Moltke, Helmuth Johannes Ludwig, Graf von
(Encyclopedia) Moltke, Helmuth Johannes Ludwig, Graf vonMoltke, Helmuth Johannes Ludwig, Graf vonhĕlˈm&oomacr;t yōhäˈnəs l&oomacr;tˈvĭkh gräf fən môltˈkə [key], 1848–1916, German army officer…Milstein, César
(Encyclopedia) Milstein, César, 1927–2002, Anglo-Argentine immunologist, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1960. He worked (1961–63) at the National Institute of Microbiology, Buenos Aires, but following a military…Maine, Sir Henry James Sumner
(Encyclopedia) Maine, Sir Henry James Sumner, 1822–88, English jurist and historian, educated at Cambridge. A pioneer in the historical and comparative study of institutions, he viewed the history of…Neutral Nation
(Encyclopedia) Neutral Nation, group of Native North American tribes of the Iroquoian branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). In the early 17th cent. they…Nehru, Motilal
(Encyclopedia) Nehru, MotilalNehru, Motilalmōˈtĭləl [key]Nehru, Motilal nāˈr&oomacr;, nĕˈ– [key], 1861–1931, Indian political leader, father of Jawaharlal Nehru. A successful attorney, he joined…Ness, Eliot
(Encyclopedia) Ness, Eliot, 1903–57, American law enforcement officer, b. Chicago, grad. Univ. of Chicago (1925), famous as the leader of the “Untouchables,” the Justice Dept. squad who fought the…Trending
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