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Kildare, James Fitzgerald, 20th earl of
(Encyclopedia) Kildare, James Fitzgerald, 20th earl ofKildare, James Fitzgerald, 20th earl ofkĭldârˈ [key], 1722–73, Irish nobleman. He sat in the Irish House of Commons from 1741 until 1744, when he…Lever, Charles James
(Encyclopedia) Lever, Charles JamesLever, Charles Jameslēˈvər [key], 1806–72, Irish novelist. He began his career as a practicing physician. His early novels appeared periodically in the Dublin…Eichholtz, Jacob
(Encyclopedia) Eichholtz, JacobEichholtz, Jacobīkhˈhôlts [key], 1776–1842, American portrait painter, b. Lancaster, Pa.; pupil of Gilbert Stuart in Boston but mainly self-taught. He painted portraits…Espy, James Pollard
(Encyclopedia) Espy, James PollardEspy, James Pollardĕsˈpē [key], 1785–1860, American meteorologist. He developed a convection theory of storms, explaining it in 1836 before the American…Yen, James Y. C.
(Encyclopedia) Yen, James Y. C.Yen, James Y. C.yĕn [key], Mandarin Yen Yang-chu, 1893–1990, Chinese educator, b. Sichuan prov., China, educated at Yale (B.A., 1918) and Princeton (M.A., 1920)…Bogardus, James
(Encyclopedia) Bogardus, JamesBogardus, Jamesbōgärˈdəs [key], 1800–1874, American architect, b. Catskill, N.Y. Among the first to use cast iron in the construction of building facades, Bogardus was…Quids
(Encyclopedia) Quids, in U.S. political history, an extreme states' rights group of Jeffersonian Republicans led by John Randolph of Virginia. Feeling that Thomas Jefferson and James Madison had…Ralston, James Layton
(Encyclopedia) Ralston, James LaytonRalston, James Laytonrôlˈstən [key], 1881–1948, Canadian cabinet minister, b. Nova Scotia. In the first Mackenzie King administration, he was minister of national…Gondomar, Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de
(Encyclopedia) Gondomar, Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde deGondomar, Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde degŏnˈdəmär, Span. dyāˈgō särmyānˈtō ᵺā äk&oomacr;ˈnyä kōnˈdā ᵺā gōndōmärˈ [key], 1567?–1626,…James Eads Biography
James Eadsengineer, inventorBorn: 5/23/1820Birthplace: Lawrenceburg, Ind. With little formal education, he began his career as a purser on a Mississippi River steamboat in 1838. He began a…Trending
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