Search

Search results

Displaying 51 - 60

Alan Kooi SIMPSON, Congress, WY (1931)

Senate Years of Service: 1979-1997 Party: Republican SIMPSON Alan Kooi , a Senator from Wyoming; born in Denver, Denver County, Colo., September 2, 1931; attended Cody, Wyo. public schools;…

Michael K. SIMPSON, Congress, ID (1950)

SIMPSON Michael K. , a Representative from Idaho; born in Burley, Cassia County, Idaho, September 8, 1950; graduated from Blackfoot High School, Blackfoot, Idaho, 1968; B.S., Utah State University,…

Herskovits, Melville Jean

(Encyclopedia) Herskovits, Melville JeanHerskovits, Melville Jeanhûrsˈkəvĭts [key], 1895–1963, American anthropologist, b. Bellefontaine, Ohio; educated at the Univ. of Chicago (Ph.B., 1920) and…

Nielsen, Carl

(Encyclopedia) Nielsen, CarlNielsen, Carlnēlˈsən, Dan. nĭlˈsən [key], 1865–1931, Danish composer. Nielsen was a pupil of Niels Gade at the Royal Conservatory in Copenhagen. Considered Denmark's…

Jessica McCullough WEIS, Congress, NY (1901-1963)

WEIS Jessica McCullough , a Representative from New York; born Jessica McCullough, in Chicago, Ill., July 8, 1901; attended the Franklin School, Buffalo, N.Y.; graduate of Miss Wright's School,…

King William Island

(Encyclopedia) King William Island, part of the Arctic Archipelago, in the Arctic Ocean, Nunavut Territory, Canada, between Boothia Peninsula and Victoria Island. The northern coast of the island was…

Bruckner, Anton

(Encyclopedia) Bruckner, AntonBruckner, Antonänˈtōn br&oobreve;kˈnər [key], 1824–96, Austrian composer. He was appointed organist at the Linz cathedral in 1856 before becoming court organist in…

Ramsey of Canterbury, Arthur Michael Ramsey, Baron

(Encyclopedia) Ramsey of Canterbury, Arthur Michael Ramsey, Baron, 1904–88, archbishop of Canterbury (1961–74), b. Cambridge, England. He was educated at Repton School; Magdalene College, Cambridge;…