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Lattimore, Owen

(Encyclopedia) Lattimore, Owen, 1900–1989, American author and educator, b. Washington, D.C. He was educated (1915–19) at St. Bees School, Cumberland, England, and did graduate research (1928–29) at…

Lovejoy, Owen

(Encyclopedia) Lovejoy, Owen, 1811–64, American abolitionist, b. Albion, Maine, educated at Bowdoin College. He witnessed the killing of his brother Elijah P. Lovejoy, under whom he had studied for…

Chamberlain, Owen

(Encyclopedia) Chamberlain, Owen, 1920–2006, American physicist, b. San Francisco, Calif., Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1948. He was on the faculty at the Univ. of California, Berkeley, from 1949 until…

John IV, Byzantine emperor of Nicaea

(Encyclopedia) John IV (John Lascaris)John IVlăsˈkərĭs [key], b. c.1250, d. after 1273, Byzantine emperor of Nicaea (1258–61), son and successor (under a regency) of Theodore II and last of the…

The Man with the Golden Shoes

Michael Johnson sets the pace in 1996 by John Gettings Michael Johnson at the Atlanta Olympic Games. (Source: AP) Related Links Olympics Overview 2012Track and Field PreviewEncyclopedia: Track…

Hubbell, Carl Owen

(Encyclopedia) Hubbell, Carl Owen, 1903–88, American baseball player, b. Carthage, Mo. A left-handed pitcher, Hubbell played his entire major league career (1928–43) with the New York Giants. Hubbell…

Owen Bradley 1998 Deaths

Owen Bradleymusic producer helped establish Nashville as a center for country music, producing hits like Patsy Cline's, “Crazy” and “I Fall to Pieces” and Loretta Lynn's Coal Miner's…

Buck Owens 2006 Deaths

Buck OwensAge: 76 renegade country-music singer who shunned string-heavy country arrangements and pioneered the Bakersfield sound—raw vocals accompanied by electric, rock-infused guitars.…

Priscilla Owen, 2005 News

Texas judge, was nominated to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals in May, after a bitter four-year partisan battle. Her nomination followed a compromise reached by a group of 14 senators…