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Jonathan Mayhew WAINWRIGHT, Congress, NY (1864-1945)
WAINWRIGHT Jonathan Mayhew , a Representative from New York; born in New York City December 10, 1864; was graduated from Columbia College and Columbia School of Political Science, New York City,…Jonathan Hasson WALLACE, Congress, OH (1824-1892)
WALLACE Jonathan Hasson , a Representative from Ohio; born in St. Clair Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, October 31, 1824; attended the common schools, and was graduated from Washington College…Joe Jonathan MANLOVE, Congress, MO (1876-1956)
MANLOVE Joe Jonathan , a Representative from Missouri; born on a farm near Carthage, Jasper County, Mo., October 1, 1876; attended the public schools and was graduated from Presbyterian Academy at…Jonathan Hatch HUBBARD, Congress, VT (1768-1849)
HUBBARD Jonathan Hatch , a Representative from Vermont; born in Tolland, Tolland County, Conn., May 7, 1768; at the age of eleven moved with his parents to Claremont, N.H.; was instructed by a…Mawson, Sir Douglas
(Encyclopedia) Mawson, Sir Douglas, 1882–1958, Australian antarctic explorer and geologist, b. England. His first geographical expedition was to the New Hebrides Islands as a geologist in 1903. As a…Roraima
(Encyclopedia) RoraimaRoraimar&oobreve;rīˈmə [key], state (1996 pop. 247,724), 88,843 sq mi (230,103 sq km), NW Brazil, on the border of Venezuela and Guyana. Boa Vista is the capital. Located…walking stick
(Encyclopedia) walking stick or stick insect, names applied to extremely longbodied, slow-moving, herbivorous insects, forming a single family in the order Phasmatodea. Walking sticks have green,…blackbird
(Encyclopedia) blackbird, common name in North America of a perching bird allied to the bobolink, the meadow lark, the oriole, and the grackle and belonging to the family Icteridae. The European…Bowen, Elizabeth
(Encyclopedia) Bowen, ElizabethBowen, Elizabethbōˈĭn [key], 1899–1973, Anglo-Irish novelist, b. Dublin. In impeccable prose she treated love and frustration through studies of complex psychological…Morison, Samuel Eliot
(Encyclopedia) Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887–1976, American historian, b. Boston. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1912 and began teaching history there in 1915, becoming full professor in 1925…Trending
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