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Samuel DICKENS, Congress, NC (1840)

DICKENS Samuel , a Representative from North Carolina; born near Roxboro, Person County, N.C., birth date unknown; pursued an academic course; member of the North Carolina state house of…

Samuel GEJDENSON, Congress, CT (1948)

GEJDENSON Samuel , a Representative from Connecticut; born in Eschwege, Germany, in an American displaced persons camp, May 20, 1948; A.S., Mitchell Junior College, New London, 1968; B.A.,…

Samuel GRAVES, Congress, MO (1963)

GRAVES Samuel , a Representative from Missouri; born in Tarkio, Atchison County, Mo., November 7, 1963; graduated from Tarkio High School, Tarkio, Mo., 1982; B.A., University of Missouri, Columbia,…

Samuel HARDY, Congress, VA (17581785)

HARDY, Samuel, a Delegate from Virginia; born in Isle of Wight County, Va., about 1758; completed preparatory studies, and was graduated from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va…

Mycenae

(Encyclopedia) MycenaeMycenaemīsēˈnē [key], ancient city of Greece, in Argolis. In historical times it had little importance and was usually dependent on Argos. Its significance is in its remote past…

Mostel, Zero

(Encyclopedia) Mostel, ZeroMostel, Zeromŏsˌtĕlˈ [key], 1915–77, American actor, b. New York City as Samuel Joel Mostel. Mostel made his Broadway debut in Keep 'Em Laughing (1942). A comic actor with…

Morse, Jedidiah

(Encyclopedia) Morse, Jedidiah, 1761–1826, American Congregational clergyman, b. Woodstock, Conn., grad. Yale, 1783. Licensed to preach in 1785, he taught and preached in various places before…

Man o' War

(Encyclopedia) Man o' War, 1917–47, American racehorse, by Fair Play out of Mahubah, bred by August Belmont near Lexington, Ky., and owned by Samuel D. Riddle after 1918. A large reddish-colored colt…

Nicholson, James

(Encyclopedia) Nicholson, James, c.1736–1804, American naval officer, b. Chestertown, Md.; brother of Samuel Nicholson. During the American Revolution, Nicholson, appointed (1776) a captain in the…

Jackson, Samuel Macauley

(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Samuel Macauley, 1851–1912, American Presbyterian clergyman and encyclopedist, b. New York City. He was associate editor in the preparation of the original Schaff-Herzog…