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Colby, Bainbridge

(Encyclopedia) Colby, Bainbridge, 1869–1950, U.S. lawyer and public official, b. St. Louis. Upon graduation (1891) from Columbia law school, he began law practice in New York City and became active…

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

Brewer's: Russel

A common name given to a fox, from its russet colour. Dann Russel, the fox, stert up at cones, And by the garget hente Chaunteclere And on his bak toward the wood him here. Chaucer: The…

Russell Baker

Russell BakerwriterBorn: 1925Birthplace: Loudoun County, Virginia Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the New York Times. In 1993, he replaced Alistair Cooke as host of PBS's Masterpiece…