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(Encyclopedia) Bladensburg Bladensburg blāˈdənzbûrg [key], town (2020 pop. 9,657), Prince Georges co., S central Md.,…Robert Woodward BARNWELL, Congress, SC (1801-1882)
Senate Years of Service: 1850-1850 Party: Democrat BARNWELL Robert Woodward , a Representative and a Senator from South Carolina; born in Beaufort, Beaufort County, S.C., August 10, 1801; attended…Adams, Robert McCormick, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Adams, Robert McCormick, Jr., 1926–, American anthropologist, b. Chicago, Ill., grad. Univ. of Chicago (Ph.B., 1947; M.A., 1952; Ph.D., 1956). He served on the faculty of the Univ. of…Boston Massacre
(Encyclopedia) Boston Massacre, 1770, pre-Revolutionary incident growing out of the resentment against the British troops sent to Boston to maintain order and to enforce the Townshend Acts. The…Hutchins, Robert Maynard
(Encyclopedia) Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 1899–1977, American educator, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., studied at Oberlin College, grad. Yale, 1921, taught in the Yale law school (1925–27), and served as dean (…Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
(Encyclopedia) Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806–61, English poet, b. Durham. A delicate and precocious child, she spent a great part of her early life in a state of semi-invalidism. She read…Biographies: Selected Biographies A to Z: B
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(Encyclopedia) Schrock, Richard Royce, 1945–, American chemist, b. Berne, Ind., Ph.D Harvard, 1971. After working for three years with the Dupont Company, he became (1972) a professor at the…Henley, William Ernest
(Encyclopedia) Henley, William Ernest, 1849–1903, English poet, critic, and editor. Although crippled by tuberculosis of the bone, he led an active, vigorous life. As editor of several reviews…Ward, Mrs. Humphry
(Encyclopedia) Ward, Mrs. Humphry, 1851–1920, English novelist, whose maiden name was Mary Augusta Arnold; granddaughter of Thomas Arnold. She was born in Tasmania but was brought to England and grew…Trending
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