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Reconstruction Finance Corporation

(Encyclopedia) Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), former U.S. government agency, created in 1932 by the administration of Herbert Hoover. Its purpose was to facilitate economic activity by…

Jones, Inigo

(Encyclopedia) Jones, InigoJones, Inigoĭnˈĭgōˌ [key], 1573–1652, one of England's first great architects. Son of a London clothmaker, he was enabled to travel in Europe before 1603 to study paintings…

Jones, Henry Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Jones, Henry Arthur, 1851–1929, English playwright. His reputation was first established with the melodrama The Silver King (with Henry Herman; 1882). Strongly influenced by the great…

Cavendish

(Encyclopedia) CavendishCavendishkăvˈəndĭsh [key], pseud. of Henry Jones, 1831–99, English card game expert. Jones studied medicine, practiced in London, and retired in 1868. He became a leading…

Jones, Marion

track & fieldBirthplace: Los AngelesBorn: 10/12/75

Marion Jones

The first woman to win five medals at one Olympics by Beth Rowen, Shmuel Ross, and Liz Olson Marion Jones (center) (Source:AP) Jones' track future was jeopardized when she failed…

Jones, Allan

singer, actorBirthplace: Old Forge, Pa.Born: 1908Died: 1992

Jones, Buck

(Charles Frederick Gebhart) actorBirthplace: Vincennes, Ind.Born: 1889Died: 1942

Jones, Carolyn

singer, actressBirthplace: Amarillo, Tex.Born: 1933Died: 1983

Jones, Dean

actorBirthplace: Morgan City, Ala.Born: 1/25/31