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Wallace, Henry Cantwell

(Encyclopedia) Wallace, Henry Cantwell, 1866–1924, American agricultural leader and cabinet officer, b. Rock Island, Ill., grad. Iowa State College of Agriculture (now Iowa State Univ.), 1892; son of…

War Production Board

(Encyclopedia) War Production Board (WPB), former U.S. government agency, established (Jan., 1942) by executive order to direct war production and the procurement of materials in World War II. The…

Blake, Eubie

(Encyclopedia) Blake, Eubie (James Hubert Blake), 1887–1983, African-American pianist and composer, b. Baltimore. His career extended from ragtime (see…

Symington, William Stuart

(Encyclopedia) Symington, William Stuart, 1901–88, U.S. senator (1953–76), b. Amherst, Mass. He interrupted a successful business career in 1941 to accept a War Department assignment involving a…

Biographies: 2012 People in the News

2012 People in the News See also 2011 People in the News 2010 People in the News 2009 People in the News 2008 People in the News 2007 People in the News 2006…

Prince Ahmed bin Salman 2002 Deaths

Prince Ahmed bin SalmanAge: 43 businessman and nephew of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd. A publishing magnate, bin Salman also owned War Emblem, the horse that won 2002's Kentucky Derby and…

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan 2003 Deaths

Prince Sadruddin Aga KhanAge: 70 environmentalist and philanthropist who worked with the United Nations for almost 40 years, specializing in disaster relief and human rights. His nephew is…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Prince Athanase Part 1

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Part 2 Part 1 There was a youth, who, as with toil and travel, Had grown quite weak and gray before his time; Nor any could the restless griefs unravel Which burned…