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Sabbatai Zevi

(Encyclopedia) Sabbatai ZeviSabbatai Zevisäbätīˈ zāˈvē [key], 1626–76, Jewish mystic and pseudo-Messiah, founder of the Sabbatean sect, b. Smyrna. After a period of study of Lurianic kabbalah (see…

Cornell, Alonzo B.

(Encyclopedia) Cornell, Alonzo B.Cornell, Alonzo B.kôrnĕlˈ [key], 1832–1904, American businessman and politician, b. Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell was a director (1868–69) and vice president (1870–76) of the…

Kane, Elisha Kent

(Encyclopedia) Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820–57, American physician and arctic explorer, b. Philadelphia. Seeking adventure after medical school, Kane entered naval service and before he was 30 had seen…

Burgess, John William

(Encyclopedia) Burgess, John William, 1844–1931, American educator and political scientist, b. Tennessee. He served in the Union army in the Civil War and after the war graduated from Amherst (1867…

Washington, Denzel

(Encyclopedia) Washington, Denzel (Denzel Hayes Washington Jr.), 1954- , African-American actor, b. Mount Vernon, N.Y., Fordham Univ. (B.A., 1977).…

John Isaac DE GRAFF, Congress, NY (1783-1848)

DE GRAFF John Isaac , a Representative from New York; born in Schenectady, N.Y., October 2, 1783; attended the common schools and Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1811; engaged in mercantile…

James Isaac VAN ALEN, Congress, NY (1776-1870)

VAN ALEN, James Isaac, (half brother of Martin Van Buren), a Representative from New York; born in Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y., in 1776; attended the common schools; city clerk of…