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(Encyclopedia) Office of War Information (OWI), U.S. agency created (1942) during World War II to consolidate government information services. The OWI absorbed the functions of the Office of Facts…Crutzen, Paul Jozef
(Encyclopedia) Crutzen, Paul Jozef, 1933–2021, Dutch atmospheric chemist, grad. Univ. of Stockholm (Ph.D. 1968, D.Sc. 1973). After working (1977–80)…Lunt, Alfred, and Lynn Fontanne
(Encyclopedia) Lunt, Alfred, 1893–1977, b. Milwaukee, and Lynn FontanneLunt, Alfred, 1893–1977, b. Milwaukee, and Lynn Fontannefŏntănˈ [key], 1887?–1983, b. Essex, England, American acting couple.…Gass, William Howard
(Encyclopedia) Gass, William Howard, 1924–2017, American author, b. Fargo, N.Dak., grad. Kenyon College, 1947; Ph.D. Cornell, 1954. From 1969 to 1999 he was a professor of philosophy at Washington…Tom Thumb
(Encyclopedia) Tom Thumb, 1838–83, American entertainer, whose original name was Charles Sherwood Stratton, b. Bridgeport, Conn. His career as General Tom Thumb began in 1842, when the showman P. T.…David Sherwood JACKSON, Congress, NY (1813-1872)
JACKSON David Sherwood , a Representative from New York; born in New York City in 1813; attended the public schools; alderman in the common council of New York City 1843-1846; engaged in…Thomas Sherwood HAYMOND, Congress, VA (1794-1869)
HAYMOND Thomas Sherwood , a Representative from Virginia; born near Fairmont, Monongalia County, Va. (now West Virginia), January 15, 1794; attended private schools and the College of William and…Isaac R. SHERWOOD, Congress, OH (1835-1925)
SHERWOOD Isaac R. , a Representative from Ohio; born in Stanford, Dutchess County, N.Y., August 13, 1835; attended the common schools, the Hudson River Institute, Claverack, N.Y., Antioch College…Samuel Burr SHERWOOD, Congress, CT (1767-1833)
SHERWOOD Samuel Burr , a Representative from Connecticut; born in Northfield Society (later Weston), Conn., November 26, 1767; graduated from Yale College in 1786; studied law; was admitted to…ethnology
(Encyclopedia) ethnologyethnologyĕthnŏlˈəjē [key], scientific study of the origin and functioning of human cultures. It is usually considered one of the major branches of cultural anthropology, the…Trending
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