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Perkins School for the Blind

(Encyclopedia) Perkins School for the Blind, at Watertown, Mass.; chartered 1829, opened 1832 in South Boston as the New England Asylum for the Blind, with Samuel G. Howe as its director; moved 1912…

Rusk, Thomas Jefferson

(Encyclopedia) Rusk, Thomas Jefferson, 1803–57, American political leader, U.S. Senator from Texas (1846–57), b. Pendleton District, S.C. He studied law under John C. Calhoun and practiced in…

Hancock, John

(Encyclopedia) Hancock, John, 1737–93, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Braintree, Mass. From an uncle he inherited Boston's leading…

Arvada

(Encyclopedia) Arvada Arvada ärvădˈə [key], city (2020 pop. 124,402), Jefferson and Adams counties, N central Colo., a suburb of Denver; inc. 1904. Primarily residential,…

Koroma, Ernest Bai

(Encyclopedia) Koroma, Ernest BaiKoroma, Ernest Baibī kərōmäˈ [key], 1953–, Sierra Leonean political, grad. Fourah Bay College, Univ. of Sierra Leone (1976). An insurance company executive (1978–2001…

Jones, Anson

(Encyclopedia) Jones, Anson, 1798–1858, last president of the Texas republic (1844–46), b. Seekonk section of Great Barrington, Mass. He studied medicine and after an itinerant business and medical…

Globe Theatre

(Encyclopedia) Globe Theatre, London playhouse, built in 1598, where most of Shakespeare's plays were first presented. It burned in 1613, was rebuilt in 1614, and was destroyed by the Puritans in…

Alice Adams Biography

Alice AdamsAge: 72 skilled novelist and short-story writer. Adams, who wrote perceptively about the lives of women, authored ten novels and five collections of short stories, and was a…

Joey Adams Biography

Joey AdamsAge: 88 borscht-belt comedian, actor, and writer whose comedy career spanned seven decades. He wrote more than 40 comedy books and a syndicated column for The New York Post.Died:…

Adam Lambert Biography

singerBorn: January 29, 1982Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana Adam Lambert was born in Indianapolis, but grew up in San Diego where he appeared in many theatrical…