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Fitzpatrick, Sir Charles

(Encyclopedia) Fitzpatrick, Sir Charles, 1853–1942, Canadian jurist, b. Quebec. He won renown as defense counsel for Louis Riel. In Wilfrid Laurier's government he became solicitor general (1896) and…

Pathet Lao

(Encyclopedia) Pathet LaoPathet Laopätˈət lou [key], left-wing nationalist group that was ultimately victorious in the Laotian civil war that began in the mid-1950s. The name was first used in 1950…

Fannie Lou (Townsend) Hamer Biography

Fannie Lou (Townsend) Hamercivil rights activistBorn: 10/6/1917Birthplace: Ruleville, Miss. Hamer was the youngest of 20 children and began working with her sharecropper parents at age 6. She left…

Lou BARLETTA, Congress, PA (1956)

BARLETTA Lou , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pa., January 28, 1956; graduated from Hazleton High School, Hazleton, Pa., 1974; attended Bloomsburg University…

Ivins, Molly

(Encyclopedia) Ivins, Molly (Mary Tyler Ivins), 1944–2007, U.S. journalist and political columnist, b. Monterey, Calif., B.A. Smith College, 1966, M.A. Columbia School of Journalism, 1967. A decided…

Abbott and Costello

(Encyclopedia) Abbott and Costello Abbott and Costello kŏstĕlˈō [key], American comedy team of William Alexander “Bud” Abbott, 1895–1974, b. Asbury Park, N.J., and Lou…

Wilbur, Ray Lyman

(Encyclopedia) Wilbur, Ray Lyman, 1875–1949, American public official and educator, b. Boonesboro, Iowa, grad. Stanford (B.A., 1896; M.A., 1897) and Cooper Medical College, San Francisco, 1899. After…

Saban, Nick

(Encyclopedia) Saban, Nick (Nicholas Lou Saban, Jr.)Saban, Nicksāˈbən [key], 1951–, American football coach, b. Fairmont, W.Va., grad. Kent State Univ., 1973. After playing defensive back in football…

Armstrong, Henry

(Encyclopedia) Armstrong, Henry, 1912–88, American boxer, b. Columbus, Miss. He was originally named Henry Jackson. He began his professional career in 1931, and soon became known as a strong and…