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Harris County, GA Census Data

Georgia Harris County, Georgia People QuickFactsHarris CountyGeorgiaPopulation, 2005 estimate 27,7799,072,576Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 17.2%10.8%Population,…

Harry CAGE, Congress, MS (1859)

CAGE Harry , a Representative from Mississippi; born at Cages Bend of the Cumberland River, Sumner County, Tenn., birth date unknown; moved to Wilkinson County, Miss., in early youth; studied…

Harris WOFFORD, Congress, PA (1926)

Senate Years of Service: 1991-1995 Party: Democrat WOFFORD Harris , a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in New York City, April 9, 1926; graduated from University of Chicago, 1948; graduated from…

Movie Timeline

Here are key moments in the history and evolution of the cinema. 1889William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, commissioned by Thomas Alva Edison, builds the first motion-picture camera and names it the…

Movies and Film: Development: Birth of a Notion

Development: Birth of a NotionMovies and FilmHow a Film is MadeDevelopment: Birth of a NotionPreproductionThe Big ProductionPostproductionSome Films Worth Viewing Development includes all stages…

Crick, Francis Harry Compton

(Encyclopedia) Crick, Francis Harry Compton, 1916–2004, English scientist, grad. University College, London, and Caius College, Cambridge. Crick was trained as a physicist, and from 1940 to 1947 he…

illustration

(Encyclopedia) illustration, any type of picture or decoration used in conjunction with a text to embellish its appearance or to clarify its meaning. Illustration is as old as writing, with both…

Sikh Wars

(Encyclopedia) Sikh Wars (1845–49), two conflicts preceding the British annexation of the Punjab. By a treaty with the British in 1809, the Sikh ruler of the Punjab, Ranjit Singh, had accepted the…