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Triborough Bridge

(Encyclopedia) Triborough Bridge, New York City: see Robert F. Kennedy Bridge.

Robert Whyte ROBERTS, Congress, MS (1784-1865)

ROBERTS Robert Whyte , a Representative from Mississippi; born in Kent County, Del., November 28, 1784; received a liberal education; studied law; was admitted to the bar; shortly after…

Robert Roberts HITT, Congress, IL (1834-1906)

HITT Robert Roberts , a Representative from Illinois; born in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, January 16, 1834; moved to Ogle County, Ill., in 1837 with his parents, who settled in Mount Morris…

Custis-Lee Mansion

(Encyclopedia) Custis-Lee Mansion, Va.: see Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial.

Ripley, Robert LeRoy

(Encyclopedia) Ripley, Robert LeRoy, 1890–1949, American cartoonist, b. Santa Rosa, Calif., as Leroy Robert Ripley. The creator of the Believe It or Not! newspaper cartoon, Ripley began his career at…

Stern, Robert A. M.

(Encyclopedia) Stern, Robert A. M. (Robert Arthur Morton Stern), 1939–, American architect, b. New York City. He studied architecture at Yale Univ., became a practicing architect in the mid-1960s,…