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Beutler, Bruce Alan

(Encyclopedia) Beutler, Bruce Alan, 1957–, American immunologist and geneticist, b. Chicago, Ill., M.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1981. Beutler has been a professor and physician at Rockefeller Univ. (1984–…

Steptoe, Patrick Christopher

(Encyclopedia) Steptoe, Patrick Christopher, 1913–88, British surgeon, M.D. St. George Hospital Medical School, Univ. of London, 1939. Steptoe worked at Oldham General Hospital from 1951 to 1980,…

Nathans, Daniel

(Encyclopedia) Nathans, Daniel, 1928–99, American microbiologist, b. Wilmington, Del., M.D. Washington Univ., St. Louis, 1954. He became a professor at Johns Hopkins in 1962. Nathans worked with…

Nash, John Forbes, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Nash, John Forbes, Jr., 1928–2015, American mathematician, b. Bluefield, W.Va., grad. Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie-Mellon Univ., B.A. and M.A. 1948), Ph.D. Princeton…

John Milton NILES, Congress, CT (1787-1856)

Senate Years of Service: 1835-1837; 1837-1839; 1843-1849 Party: Jacksonian; Democrat; Democrat NILES John Milton , a Senator from Connecticut; born in Windsor, Hartford County, Conn., August 20,…

John Lowndes McLAURIN, Congress, SC (1860-1934)

Senate Years of Service: 1897-1903 Party: Democrat McLAURIN John Lowndes , a Representative and a Senator from South Carolina; born in Red Bluff, Marlboro County, S.C., May 9, 1860; attended…

John Wayles EPPES, Congress, VA (1773-1823)

Senate Years of Service: 1817-1819 Party: Democratic Republican EPPES John Wayles , a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born at Eppington, Chesterfield County, Va., April 19, 1773;…

John William DAVIS, Congress, WV (1873-1955)

DAVIS John William , a Representative from West Virginia; born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va., April 13, 1873; attended various private schools; was graduated from the literary department…

Marsh, Reginald

(Encyclopedia) Marsh, Reginald, 1898–1954, American painter and illustrator, b. Paris. Both his parents were artists. After their return to the United States, he studied at Yale (B.A., 1920). He…

Brandywine, battle of

(Encyclopedia) Brandywine, battle of, in the American Revolution, fought Sept. 11, 1777, along Brandywine Creek. The creek, formed by two small branches in SE Pennsylvania, flows southeast to join,…