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Stanley GRISWOLD, Congress, OH (1763-1815)

Senate Years of Service: 1809-1809 Party: Democratic Republican GRISWOLD Stanley , a Senator from Ohio; born in Torrington, Litchfield County, Conn., November 14, 1763; served in a militia…

Stanley MATTHEWS, Congress, OH (1824-1889)

Senate Years of Service: 1877-1879 Party: Republican MATTHEWS Stanley , a Senator from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 21, 1824; attended the public schools; graduated from Kenyon College…

Falkland Islands

(Encyclopedia) Falkland IslandsFalkland Islandsfôkˈlənd [key], Span. Islas Malvinas, group of islands (2015 est. pop. 3,000), 4,618 sq mi (11,961 sq km), S Atlantic, c.300 mi (480 km) E of the Strait…

Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley

(Encyclopedia) Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley, 1882–1944, British astronomer and physicist. He was chief assistant (1906–13) at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and was from 1913 Plumian professor of…

Jackson, Shirley

(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Shirley, 1916–65, American writer, b. San Francisco. She is best known for her stories and novels of horror and the occult, rendered more terrifying because they are set…

Wilson, Colin

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Colin, 1931–2013, English writer, b. Leicester. Born into a working-class family and largely self-educated, Wilson in many of his books exhorts humankind to expand its powers…

2001–2002 Obie Awards

The 2001–2002 Obie Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions, were presented on May 20, 2002, at New York's Webster Hall.Playwriting:…