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air traffic control

(Encyclopedia) air traffic control, the system by which airplanes are safely routed into and out of major airports. Air traffic control in the United States is centered in a number of regional…

Biographies: Deaths of 2016

// Cite Deaths of 2016 See also 2015 Deaths 2014 Deaths 2013 Deaths 2012 Deaths 2011 Deaths More Deaths Related Links 2016 Current Events Biographies by Category Arts and…

Rita Morley Biography

Rita Morley television and Broadway actress Once dubbed “America's Most Televised Girl” for the number of times she pitched the cosmetic and perfume company Coty, Morley's television credits…

Robert Morley Biography

Robert Morleyactor, writerBorn: 5/26/1908Birthplace: Semley, Wiltshire, England Robert Morley, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, first starred on stage, playing the…

Morley, Sylvanus Griswold

(Encyclopedia) Morley, Sylvanus Griswold, 1883–1948, American archaeologist, b. Chester, Pa., grad. Harvard, 1908. A specialist in Middle American archaeology and Mayan heiroglyphs, Morley did…

Morley, Edward Williams

(Encyclopedia) Morley, Edward Williams, 1838–1923, American scientist, b. Newark, N.J., grad. Williams College, 1860. From 1869 to 1906 he was professor of chemistry at Western Reserve College (now…