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Samuel Hughes WOODSON, Congress, MO (1815-1881)
WOODSON Samuel Hughes , a Representative from Missouri; born near Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Ky., October 24, 1815; attended the public schools; was graduated from Centre College, Danville…WOODSON, Samuel Hughes, Congress, KY (1777-1827)
WOODSON Samuel Hughes , a Representative from Kentucky; born near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va., September 15, 1777; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar…WOODSON, Samuel Hughes, Congress, MO (1815-1881)
WOODSON, Samuel Hughes, (son of Samuel Hughes Woodson [1777-1827]), a Representative from Missouri; born near Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Ky., October 24, 1815; attended the public schools…James Hugh WARD, Congress, IL (1853-1916)
WARD James Hugh , a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., November 30, 1853; attended the public schools of Chicago and was graduated from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, in…Ormonde, Thomas Butler, 10th earl of
(Encyclopedia) Ormonde, Thomas Butler, 10th earl of, 1532–1614, Irish nobleman. Brought up at the English court, he was the first of his family to embrace Protestantism. He succeeded to the earldom…Cambridge, city, England
(Encyclopedia) Cambridge, city and district, Cambridgeshire, E central England, on the River Cam. The city, set in flat country, is most famous as the…2012 Academy Awards
The 2012 Academy Awards were presented on February 24, 2013, at the Kodak Theatre. All of the nominees are listed below; the Oscar winners are in bold. Best Picture Amour…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…luminism
(Encyclopedia) luminismluminisml&oomacr;ˈmĭnĭzˌəm [key], American art movement of the 19th cent. Luminism was an outgrowth of the Hudson River school. In its concern for capturing the effects of…Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick
(Encyclopedia) Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick, 1916–2004, British biophysicist, b. New Zealand, Ph.D. Univ. of Birmingham, 1940. He conducted research at the Univ. of St. Andrews, Scotland, and at…Trending
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