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Freud, Anna

(Encyclopedia) Freud, AnnaFreud, Annafroid [key], 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, b. Vienna, Austria. Continuing the work of her father, Sigmund Freud, she was a pioneer in the psychoanalysis of…

Fleming, Ian Lancaster

(Encyclopedia) Fleming, Ian Lancaster, 1908–64, English spy novelist, b. London. Son of a Conservative member of Parliament, Fleming was educated at Eton, Sandhurst, and Munich and Geneva…

Stuart, John, duke of Albany

(Encyclopedia) Stuart or Stewart, John, duke of AlbanyStuart or Stewart, John, duke of Albanyôlˈbənē [key], 1481–1536, regent of Scotland; son of Alexander Stuart, duke of Albany, and grandson of…

Stuart, Alexander, duke of Albany

(Encyclopedia) Stuart or Stewart, Alexander, duke of Albany, 1454?–1485, Scottish nobleman; second son of James II of Scotland. He was captured (1463) by the English while he was at sea en route to…

Davitt, Michael

(Encyclopedia) Davitt, MichaelDavitt, Michaeldăvˈĭt [key], 1846–1906, Irish revolutionary and land reformer. He joined the Fenian movement in 1865 and was imprisoned three times by the English for…

Herzl, Theodor

(Encyclopedia) Herzl, TheodorHerzl, Theodortāˈōdôr hĕrˈtsəl [key], 1860–1904, Hungarian Jew, founder of modern Zionism. Sent to Paris as a correspondent for the Vienna Neue Frei Presse, he reported…

Butt, Isaac

(Encyclopedia) Butt, Isaac, 1813–79, Irish politician and nationalist leader. A member of both the Irish and the English bar, he was a noted conservative lawyer and scholar and an opponent of Daniel…

Wanamaker, John

(Encyclopedia) Wanamaker, JohnWanamaker, Johnwŏnˈəmāˌkər [key], 1838–1922, American merchant, b. Philadelphia. He went into the men's clothing business in Philadelphia with Nathan Brown, his brother-…

Stewart Brett McKINNEY, Congress, CT (1931-1987)

McKINNEY Stewart Brett , a Representative from Connecticut; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., January 30, 1931; graduated, Kent School, Kent, Conn., 1949; attended Princeton University,…

Arthur Thomas STEWART, Congress, TN (1892-1972)

Senate Years of Service: 1939-1949 Party: Democrat STEWART Arthur Thomas , a Senator from Tennessee; born in Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tenn., January 11, 1892; attended the public schools, Pryor…