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Bill Russell

Bill RussellBorn: Feb. 12, 1934Basketball C won titles in college (with San Francisco in 1995,56), Olympics (1956) and pros; 5-time NBA MVP (1958,61,62,63,65); led Boston to 11 titles from…

Jane Russell

Jane Russell(Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell)actressBorn: 6/21/1921Birthplace: Bemidji, MinnesotaDied: 2/28/2011Deathplace: Santa Maria, Calif. Beautiful, dark-haired, big-boned actress with…

Theresa Russell

Theresa Russell(Theresa Paup)actressBorn: 3/20/1957Birthplace: San Diego, California After a career in modeling that began at age 12, this seductive and daring actress made her film debut in The Last…

Wilson, Alexander

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Alexander, 1766–1813, American ornithologist, b. Scotland. He came to the United States c.1794, taught in rural New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and became a citizen in 1804.…

Russell, James Earl

(Encyclopedia) Russell, James Earl, 1864–1945, American educator, b. Hamden, N.Y., grad. Cornell, 1887, Ph.D. Leipzig, 1894. From 1895 to 1897 he was professor of philosophy and pedagogy at the Univ…

Wilson, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Robert, 1941–, dramatist, director, and designer, b. Waco, Tex. He began his arts career as a painter. A leading figure in postmodern theater since 1963, when he arrived in New…

Wilson, Henry

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Henry, 1812–75, American politician, Vice President of the United States (1873–75), b. Farmington, N.H. At 21 he legally changed his name from Jeremiah Jones Colbath, and as…

James Wilson: Speech of James Wilson

Speech of James WilsonJames Wilson6 October 1787Abstract The Pennsylvania State Legislature was in session when the new Constitution was proposed, so the ratification campaign proceeded…

Wilson, Benjamin

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Benjamin, 1721–88, English portrait painter and electrician who opposed Benjamin Franklin's theory of positive and negative electricity. Instead, Wilson supported Newton's…