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Linton, William James
(Encyclopedia) Linton, William James, 1812–97, Anglo-American wood engraver, author, and political reformer. In 1842 he began working as a wood engraver with John Orrin Smith and produced…Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia) Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st earl ofBirkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st earl ofbûrˈkənhĕdˌ [key], 1872–1930, British statesman and jurist. He was called to the bar in 1899…Surtees, Robert Smith
(Encyclopedia) Surtees, Robert SmithSurtees, Robert Smithsûrˈtēz [key], 1803–64, English novelist. He created John Jorrocks, the sporting grocer, who appears in Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities (1838…Nathans, Daniel
(Encyclopedia) Nathans, Daniel, 1928–99, American microbiologist, b. Wilmington, Del., M.D. Washington Univ., St. Louis, 1954. He became a professor at Johns Hopkins in 1962. Nathans worked with…Amherst College
(Encyclopedia) Amherst College, at Amherst, Mass.; founded 1821 as a college for men, coeducational since 1975. A liberal arts institution, Amherst maintains a cooperative program with Smith College…Tangier, island, United States
(Encyclopedia) Tangier, island, E Va., in S Chesapeake Bay. Capt. John Smith first visited the island in 1608, and in 1620 settlers arrived from Cornwall, England. Isolated from the mainland, the…1998-99 Team Statistics: Buffalo Bills
Passing (5 Att) Att Cmp Pct Yds TD Rate Doug Flutie 354 202 57.1 2711 20 87.4 Rob Johnson 107 67 62.6 910 8 102.9 Interceptions: Flutie…Gordon James RUSSELL, Congress, TX (1859-1919)
RUSSELL Gordon James , a Representative from Texas; born in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., December 22, 1859; attended the common schools, the Sam Bailey Institute, Griffin, Ga., and Crawford…1950 Academy Awards
The 1950 Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1951 at the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Calif.Best Motion PictureAll About Eve (Twentieth Century-Fox)Born Yesterday (Columbia)Father of…Members of The House of Representatives, 115th Congress
Below is the composition of the 115th Congress' House of Representatives, following the 2016 election. In the following lists, the numeral indicates the congressional district represented; AL is…Trending
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