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James West Biography

physicistBorn: 2/10/1931Birthplace: Prince Edward County, Va. James West was born in 1931 in Prince Edward County, Virginia, and studied physics at Temple University.…

James Whitmore Biography

actorBorn: October 1, 1921Died: February 6, 2009 (Malibu, California, USA) Best Known as: character actor James Whitmore's long career on the stage and…

James Winthrop: Agrippa I

Agrippa IJames Winthrop23 November 1787by James Winthrop, AgrippaTo the People.Many inconveniencies and difficulties in the new plan of government have been mentioned by different writers on…

James Winthrop: Agrippa V

Agrippa VJames Winthrop11 December 1787by James Winthrop, AgrippaTo the People.In the course of inquiry it has appeared, that for the purposes of internal regulation and domestick…

James Winthrop: Agrippa X

Agrippa XJames Winthrop1 January 1788by James Winthrop, AgrippaTo the People.Friends and Brethren,It is a duty incumbent on every man, who has had opportunities for inquiry, to lay the result…

James Armistead Biography

James Armistead(James Lafayette)patriot of the American RevolutionBorn: 1760?Birthplace: ? An African American slave in Virginia, Armistead sought and received permission from his master,…

Meredith, James Biography

Meredith, James civil-rights leader, authorBorn: 6/25/33Birthplace: Kosciusko, Miss.   James Meredith was one of the pioneers of the civil rights movement. In 1962 he became the first Black…

Brewer's: Sanguinary James

(A). A sheep's head not singed. A jemmy is a sheep's head; so called from James I., who introduced into England the national Scotch dish of “singed sheep's head and trotters.” No real…

James Bryant Conant

Conant, James Bryant (kōˈnənt) [key], 1893–1978, American educator, b. Dorchester, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1913; Ph.D., 1916). Except for a brief period in the army (1917–19), Conant taught…

Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmosactor, producerBorn: 2/24/1947Birthplace: Los Angeles After a short stint as a rock singer, Olmos gained critical attention for his role in the musical Zoot Suit (1978–80). For his…