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Phoebe Brand 2004 Deaths

Phoebe BrandAge: 96 actress and theater teacher who was one of the founders of the influential Group Theatre. At age 86, she made her film debut in Vanya on 42nd Street. Died: Manhattan, July…

Russell, William Fletcher

(Encyclopedia) Russell, William Fletcher, 1890–1956, American educator, b. Delhi, N.Y., grad. Cornell, 1910, Ph.D. Columbia, 1914; son of James Earl Russell. He was dean (1917–23) of the College of…

Russell, Charles Taze

(Encyclopedia) Russell, Charles Taze, 1852–1916, founder of the movement whose followers are known as Russellites, as Bible Students, and (since 1931) as Jehovah's Witnesses, b. Pittsburgh, Pa. There…

Gombos, Julius

(Encyclopedia) Gombos, JuliusGombos, Juliusgömˈbösh [key], Hung. Gömbös Gyula, 1886–1936, Hungarian premier and officer. He was minister of war under the premiership of Stephen Bethlen (1921–31) and…

Cavell, Edith

(Encyclopedia) Cavell, EdithCavell, Edithkăvˈəl [key], 1865–1915, English nurse. When World War I broke out, she was head of the nursing staff of the Berkendael Medical Institute in Brussels. In 1915…

Russell, Henry Norris

(Encyclopedia) Russell, Henry Norris, 1877–1957, American astronomer, b. Oyster Bay, N.Y., grad. Princeton, 1897. In 1902 he went to Cambridge, England, to study. He returned to Princeton in 1905,…

Russell, Ken

film directorBirthplace: Southhampton, EnglandBorn: 7/3/27

Russell, Leon

pianist, singerBirthplace: Lawton, Okla.Born: 4/2/41