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Brel, Jacques
(Encyclopedia) Brel, Jacques, 1929–1978, Belgian singer and songwriter. His literate and theatrical songs made him one of the 20th cent.'s most influential French-language songwriters and performers…Wallace Edgar PIERCE, Congress, NY (1881-1940)
PIERCE Wallace Edgar , a Representative from New York; born in the town of Black Brook, Clinton County, N.Y., December 9, 1881; attended the rural schools; was graduated from Plattsburg (N.Y.)…John PENN, Congress, NC (1741-1788)
PENN, John, (nephew of Edmund Pendleton and cousin of Nathaniel Pendleton), a Delegate from North Carolina; born near Port Royal, Caroline County, Va., May 17, 1741; was educated under private…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…SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IV (Ike), Congress, MO (1931)
SKELTON Isaac Newton, IV (Ike) , a Representative from Missouri; born in Lexington, Lafayette County, Mo., December 20, 1931; attended the Wentworth Military Academy, Lexington, Mo.; graduated…Isaac Newton SKELTON, IV (Ike), Congress, MO (1931)
SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IV (Ike), a Representative from Missouri; born in Lexington, Lafayette County, Mo., December 20, 1931; attended the Wentworth Military Academy, Lexington, Mo.; graduated…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…Isaac B. VAN HOUTEN, Congress, NY (1776-1850)
VAN HOUTEN Isaac B. , a Representative from New York; born in Clarkstown (now New City), Rockland County, N.Y., June 4, 1776; attended the common schools; engaged in milling and agricultural…Isaac Whitbeck VAN SCHAICK, Congress, WI (1817-1901)
VAN SCHAICK Isaac Whitbeck , a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Coxsackie, Greene County, N.Y., December 7, 1817; attended the common schools; engaged extensively in the manufacture of glue…Kimhi
(Encyclopedia) KimhiKimhikĭmˈhē [key] or KimchiKimchikĭmˈkhē [key], family of Jewish scholars and grammarians in Spain and France. Joseph ben Isaac Kimhi, c.1105–c.1170, besides writing a Bible…Trending
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