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Douglas, Archibald, 5th earl of Douglas

(Encyclopedia) Douglas, Archibald, 5th earl of Douglas, 1391?–1439, Scottish nobleman; son of Archibald Douglas, 4th earl of Douglas. He fought in France for the French against the English in 1421…

Hamilton, John Hamilton, 1st marquess of

(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, John Hamilton, 1st marquess of, 1532–1604, Scottish nobleman; second son of James Hamilton, 2d earl of Arran. He was in his earlier years hostile to Mary Queen of Scots, but…

Black Scientists and Inventors

Notable African-American Scientists and Inventors   Benjamin Banneker Browse more African-American biographies by category: A-Z List Government Officials Civil Rights Leaders…

Sophie Rhys-Jones, 1999 News

34, British public relations executive, became the newest member of England's royal family when she married Prince Edward, 35, Queen Elizabeth's youngest son, in June.

Derek Anson Jones 2000 Deaths

Derek Anson JonesAge: 38 theater director who directed Wit, the off-Broadway play that won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize in drama. He also won the 1999 Lucille Lortel Award for his direction of…

Lois Mailou Jones 1998 Deaths

Lois Mailou JonesAge: 92 painter and leading African-American woman in art. Died: June 9, 1998.Curtis JonesG - LFlorence Griffith Joyner

Thomas S. Jones, Jr.: In Excelsis

In ExcelsisThomas S. Jones, Jr.Spring! And all our valleys turning into green, Remembering — As I remember! So my heart turns glad For so much youth and joy — this to have had When in my…

Thomas S. Jones, Jr.: Sometimes

SometimesThomas S. Jones, Jr.Across the fields of yesterday He sometimes comes to me, A little lad just back from play — The lad I used to be.And yet he smiles so wistfully Once he has…

Thomas R. Jones 2006 Deaths

Thomas R. JonesAge: 93 judge and New York state assemblyman who advocated urban renewal, spurring Senator Robert F. Kennedy to redevelop the then-rundown Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in…