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Alexander Hugh Holmes STUART, Congress, VA (1807-1891)
STUART Alexander Hugh Holmes , a Representative from Virginia; born in Staunton, Va., April 2, 1807; attended Staunton Academy and the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.; was…Henry Pelham Holmes BROMWELL, Congress, IL (1823-1903)
BROMWELL Henry Pelham Holmes , a Representative from Illinois; born in Baltimore, Md., August 26, 1823; moved with his parents to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1824, and thence to Cumberland, Ill., in 1836…Hunter Holmes MOSS, Jr., Congress, WV (1874-1916)
MOSS Hunter Holmes, Jr. , a Representative from West Virginia; born in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., May 26, 1874; attended the public schools; in early youth was employed in a bank; was…Nelson Holmes VAN VORHES, Congress, OH (1822-1882)
VAN VORHES Nelson Holmes , a Representative from Ohio; born in Washington County, Pa., January 23, 1822; moved to Athens County, Ohio, in 1832 and engaged in agricultural pursuits; apprenticed to…Laski, Harold Joseph
(Encyclopedia) Laski, Harold JosephLaski, Harold Josephlăsˈkē [key], 1893–1950, British political scientist, economist, author, and lecturer. A graduate of New College, Oxford, he taught at McGill…Sharp, James
(Encyclopedia) Sharp, James, 1613–79, Scottish prelate. As a Presbyterian minister, Sharp became (1650) a leader of the moderate wing of the Scottish church called the Resolutioners. He was captured…Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton
(Encyclopedia) Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton, 1823–96, English poet. Patmore's first poetry, published in 1844, led to an assistant librarianship (1846–65) at the British Museum. His principal…Laurel and Hardy
(Encyclopedia) Laurel and Hardy, American film comedy team. The duo consisted of Stan Laurel, 1890–1965, b. Ulverson, England, whose real name was Arthur Stanley Jefferson; and Oliver Hardy, 1892–…Evans, Sir Martin John
(Encyclopedia) Evans, Sir Martin John, British geneticist, Ph.D., University College London, 1969. After serving on the faculty at University College London (1966–78) and Cambridge (1978–99), he…Goffe, William
(Encyclopedia) Goffe, WilliamGoffe, Williamgôf [key], d. c.1679, English soldier and regicide. A personal adherent of Oliver Cromwell, he fought in the English civil war, signed the death warrant of…Trending
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