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Franklin, Ann Smith

(Encyclopedia) Franklin, Ann Smith, 1696–1763, American printer; sister-in-law of Benjamin Franklin. After the death in 1735 of her husband, James Franklin, she carried on his commercial printing…

Heckman, James Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Heckman, James Joseph, 1944– American economist, b. Chicago, Ill., Ph.D. Princeton, 1971. He has taught at the Univ. of Chicago since 1973. Heckman shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in…

Hill, Joe

(Encyclopedia) Hill, Joe, 1879–1915, Swedish-American union organizer; b. Sweden, as Joel Hägglund, also called Joseph Hillström. He came to the United States in 1902 and worked as a miner and a…

Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph, 1851–1940, English physicist, grad. University College, London (B.S., 1875; D.Sc., 1877). He made valuable contributions to the development of wireless…

McGivney, Michael Joseph

(Encyclopedia) McGivney, Michael Joseph, 1852–1890, American Roman Catholic priest, founder of the Knights of Columbus, b. Waterbury, Conn. After studying at seminaries in Canada and the United…

Joses

(Encyclopedia) JosesJosesjōˈsēz [key] [Gr. form of Heb. Joseph], in the Bible. 1 Kinsman of Jesus. 2 Brother of St. James (the Less); same as 1, if the traditional interpretation is accepted. 3 See…

Bloomfield

(Encyclopedia) Bloomfield. 1 Town (2020 pop. 21,535), Hartford co., N Conn., a suburb of Hartford, in a tobacco and dairy region; settled c.1642, inc.…

Brown, Michael Stuart

(Encyclopedia) Brown, Michael Stuart, 1941–, American molecular geneticist, b. New York City, M.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1966. He worked (1968–71) as a researcher at the National Institutes of…

Brantford

(Encyclopedia) Brantford, city, S Ont., Canada, on the Grand River. It is a leading manufacturing city, noted particularly for its large farm implement…

Swanson, Gloria

(Encyclopedia) Swanson, Gloria, 1899–1983, American movie actress, b. Chicago. Swanson began her film career in 1913, displaying an elegant comedic style in a series of films for director Cecil B.…