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Nobel Prize for Economic Science
Find all the winners of the Nobel Prize for Economic Science, from 1969 to the present. For years not listed, no award was made. 1969Ragnar Frisch (Norway) and Jan Tinbergen (Netherlands),…David Reimer 2004 Deaths
David ReimerAge: 38 subject of a medical experiment who was born a boy but raised as a girl. After a botched circumcision, Reimer was castrated, given female hormones, and renamed Brenda. His…Tasker Lowndes ODDIE, Congress, NV (1870-1950)
Senate Years of Service: 1921-1933 Party: Republican ODDIE Tasker Lowndes , a Senator from Nevada; born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., October 20, 1870; reared in East Orange, N.J.; attended the…Sherman, William Tecumseh
(Encyclopedia) Sherman, William Tecumseh, 1820–91, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Lancaster, Ohio. Sherman is said by many to be the greatest of the Civil War generals. Sherman was…Enrico Fermi Award
The $100,000 award is given in recognition of scientific and technical achievement in atomic energy. Awarded by the president, it is the U.S. government's oldest science and technology award…Steve STIVERS, Congress, OH (1965)
STIVERS Steve , a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, March 24, 1965; graduated from Ripley-Union-Lewis High School, Ripley, Ohio, 1983; B.A., Ohio State University…1983 Academy Awards
The 1983 Academy Awards were presented April 9, 1984 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureThe Big Chill, Michael Shamberg, producer (Columbia)The Dresser, Peter Yates,…Rathlin Island
(Encyclopedia) Rathlin IslandRathlin Islandrăthˈlĭn [key], 5 sq mi (13 sq km), Moyle dist., N Northern Ireland. Its cliffs, of limestone and basalt, rise at Slieveacarn to 449 ft (137 m). Farming and…Mannyng, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Mannyng or Manning, Robert, fl. 1298–1338, English poet, b. Brunne (modern Bourne), Lincolnshire; also called Robert of Brunne. He was a monk in the Gilbertine order. Mannyng is known…Fergusson, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Fergusson, Robert, 1750–74, Scottish poet, b. Edinburgh. He was a precursor of Robert Burns, who proclaimed his debt to Fergusson's Poems (1773). After careers in the clergy and in…Trending
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