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Brewer's: Doomstead

The horse of the Scandinavian Nornes or Fates. (See Horse.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DoorDoomsday Sedgwick A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…

Brewer's: Doom-rings

or Circles of Judgment. An Icelandic term for circles of stones resembling Stonehenge and Avebury. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Doomsday SedgwickDoom…

Devonian period

(Encyclopedia) Devonian periodDevonian perioddĭvōˈnēən [key], fourth period of the Paleozoic era of geologic time between 408 and 360 million years ago (see Geologic Timescale, tablegeologic…

Thomson Joseph SKINNER, Congress, MA (1752-1809)

SKINNER Thomson Joseph , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Colchester, Conn., May 24, 1752; completed preparatory studies; moved to Massachusetts; member of the Massachusetts house of…

Charles Clarence PRATT, Congress, PA (1854-1916)

PRATT Charles Clarence , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in New Milford, Susquehanna County, Pa., April 23, 1854; attended the rural schools in his community, Sedgwick Institute, Great…

Richard Ely BIRD, Congress, KS (1878-1955)

BIRD Richard Ely , a Representative from Kansas; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 4, 1878; moved with his parents to Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kans., in 1887; attended the public schools and…

Daniel Robert GLICKMAN, Congress, KS (1944)

GLICKMAN Daniel Robert , a Representative from Kansas; born in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kans., November 24, 1944; graduated from Southeast High School, Wichita, Kans., 1962; B.A., University of…

Garner E. SHRIVER, Congress, KS (1912-1998)

SHRIVER Garner E. , a Representative from Kansas; born in Towanda, Butler County, Kans., July 6, 1912; attended the public schools of Towanda and Wichita; moved to Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kans…

Ronald Lee WYDEN, Congress, OR (1949)

Senate Years of Service: 1996- Party: Democrat WYDEN Ronald Lee , a Senator and a Representative from Oregon; born in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kans., May 3, 1949; attended the public schools of…