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O’NEIL, Joseph Henry, Congress, MA (1853-1935)

O’NEIL, Joseph Henry, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., March 23, 1853; moved with his parents to Boston in 1854; attended the common schools;…

Mountain Dew Southern 500

Mountain Dew Southern 500 Held over 367 laps on 1.366-mile oval at Darlington International Raceway in Darlington, S.C. Previously known as Southern 500 (1950-88); Heinz 500 (1989-91); and…

Biden, Joseph Robinette, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Biden, Joseph Robinette, Jr.Biden, Joseph Robinette, Jr.bīdˈən [key], 1942–, 46th President of the United States (2021–), b. Scranton, Pa. A lawyer and Democrat, he was elected to the…

Ruthven

(Encyclopedia) RuthvenRuthvenrĭvˈən, r&oomacr;thˈvən [key], Scottish noble family, believed to trace its ancestry to Thor, a Saxon or Dane, who settled in Scotland in the reign of David I. The…

Kennedy, Joseph Patrick

(Encyclopedia) Kennedy, Joseph Patrick, 1888–1969, U.S. ambassador to Great Britain (1937–40), b. Boston, grad. Harvard, 1912. The founder of an American dynasty, he was the father of nine children,…

Kenrick, Francis Patrick

(Encyclopedia) Kenrick, Francis Patrick, 1797–1863, American Roman Catholic churchman, b. Dublin, Ireland, educated in Rome. In 1821 he was ordained priest and went to America to teach in the college…

Clapton, Eric Patrick

(Encyclopedia) Clapton, Eric Patrick, 1945–, British guitarist, singer, and songwriter, b. Ripley, Surrey, England. A seminal figure in rock music, he is noted especially for his virtuoso guitar…

Allison, James Patrick

(Encyclopedia) Allison, James Patrick, 1948–, American immunologist, b. Alice, Tex., Ph.D. Univ. of Texas, Austin, 1973. Allison was a researcher at the Univ. of Texas System Cancer Center in Houston…