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Casaubon, Isaac

(Encyclopedia) Casaubon, IsaacCasaubon, Isaackəsôˈbən [key], Fr. Cartier, Jacquesēzäkˈ käzōbôNˈ [key], 1559–1614, Franco-English classical scholar and theologian, b. Geneva. He became professor of…

Esek

(Encyclopedia) EsekEsekēˈsĕk [key], in the Bible, one of Isaac's wells.

Silvestre de Sacy

(Encyclopedia) Silvestre de Sacy: see Sacy, Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de.

Allerton, Isaac

(Encyclopedia) Allerton, IsaacAllerton, Isaacălˈərtən [key], c.1586–1659, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth Colony. Possibly a London tailor, he was a merchant in Leiden before going to America on the…

Wise, Isaac Mayer

(Encyclopedia) Wise, Isaac Mayer, 1819–1900, American rabbi, founder of organized Reform Judaism in the United States, b. Bohemia, studied at the Univ. of Vienna. He settled in the United States in…

patriarch, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) patriarchpatriarchpāˈtrēärk [key], in biblical tradition, one of the antediluvian progenitors of the race as given in Genesis (e.g., Seth) or one of the ancestors of the Jews (e.g.,…

Leland Merritt FORD, Congress, CA (1893-1965)

FORD Leland Merritt , a Representative from California; born in Eureka, Eureka County, Nev., March 8, 1893; attended the public schools; also took various courses at the University of Arizona at…

Edwin Albert MERRITT, Congress, NY (1860-1914)

MERRITT Edwin Albert , a Representative from New York; born in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., July 25, 1860; attended the common schools; graduated from Potsdam Normal School in 1879…

Matthew Joseph MERRITT, Congress, NY (1895-1946)

MERRITT Matthew Joseph , a Representative from New York; born in New York City April 2, 1895; attended the public and high schools; during the First World War served in 1918 as a sergeant in…

Samuel Augustus MERRITT, Congress, ID (1827-1910)

MERRITT Samuel Augustus , a Delegate from the Territory of Idaho; born in Staunton, Augusta County, Va., August 15, 1827; attended the Staunton Military Academy and was graduated from Washington…