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Priestley, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Priestley, Joseph, 1733–1804, English theologian and scientist. He prepared for the Presbyterian ministry and served several churches in England as pastor but gradually rejected…

Piłsudski, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Piłsudski, JosephPiłsudski, Josephpĭls&oobreve;dˈskē [key], Pol. Józef PiłsudskiPiłsudski, Josephy&oomacr;ˈzĕf pēlˌs&oomacr;tˈskē [key], 1867–1935, Polish general and…

Smith, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Smith, Joseph, 1805–44, American Mormon leader, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, b. Sharon, Vt. When he was a boy his family moved to Palmyra, N.Y.,…

Silverman, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Silverman, Joseph, 1860–1930, American rabbi, b. Cincinnati. He was a rabbi at Dallas, Tex. (1884–85), at Galveston (1885–88), and at the Temple Emanu-El, New York City (1888–1922). He…

Stella, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Stella, Joseph, 1877–1946, American painter, b. Italy, emigrated to the United States in 1896. He studied at the Art Students League of New York City with William Chase and later in…

Reed, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Reed, Joseph, 1741–85, American Revolutionary political leader and army officer, b. Trenton, N.J. He studied law, was admitted (1763) to the bar, and then went to London to study at…

Ritson, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Ritson, Joseph, 1752–1803, English antiquarian and scholar, b. Stockton-on-Tees. An industrious student of English literature, he attacked Thomas Warton's scholarship in Observations…

1955 Academy Awards

The 1955 Academy Awards were presented March 21, 1956 at the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Calif and the NBC Century Theatre, New York, N.Y.Best Motion PictureLove Is a Many Splendored…

Cook, Sir Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Cook, Sir Joseph, 1860–1947, Australian statesman, b. England. A leader of the Free Trade party, he served as prime minister (1913–14) and later as minister of the navy (1917–21) and…

Foyt, A. J.

(Encyclopedia) Foyt, A. J. (Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr.), 1935–, American auto-racing driver, b. Houston. Foyt was the first person to win the Indianapolis 500 race four times (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977).…