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Tennessee

  Tennessee State Information Capital: Nashville Official Name: State of Tennessee Organized as a territory/republic: May 26, 1790 Entered Union (rank): June 1, 1796 (16th)  Present…

The National Inventors Hall of Fame

The Inventors Hall of Fame, located in Akron, Ohio, was established in 1973 by the National Council of Patent Law Associations, now the National Council of Intellectual Property Law Associations,…

Hamilton, Patrick

(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, Patrick, 1504?–1528, Scottish Protestant martyr. While at St. Andrews, he was suspected of Lutheran sympathies. He fled (1527) to Germany, where, during his short stay, he…

Scorsese, Martin

(Encyclopedia) Scorsese, Martin Scorsese, Martin skôrsāˈzē, –sĕzˈē [key], 1942–,…

Brewer's: Lutherans

Dr. Eck was the first to call the followers of Martin Luther by this name. It was used by way of contempt. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LutinLuther's…

Slideshow: Women Nobel Peace Prize Winners

by Liz Olson and Jennie Wood The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to persons who have made the most outstanding contributions toward world peace. From novelists to social workers, the award has gone…

Robert RANTOUL, Jr., Congress, MA (1805-1852)

Senate Years of Service: 1851-1851 Party: Democrat RANTOUL Robert, Jr. , a Senator and a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Beverly, Mass., August 13, 1805; attended the common schools…

Sachs, Hans

(Encyclopedia) Sachs, HansSachs, Hanshäns zäks [key], 1494–1576, German poet, leading meistersinger of the Nuremberg school. A shoemaker and guild master, he wrote more than 4,000 master songs in…