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Hales, Stephen

(Encyclopedia) Hales, Stephen, 1677–1761, English physiologist and clergyman. From 1709 he was perpetual curate of Teddington. His experimental studies in animal and plant physiology contributed…

Crane, Stephen

(Encyclopedia) Crane, Stephen, 1871–1900, American novelist, poet, and short-story writer, b. Newark, N.J. Often designated the first modern American writer, Crane is ranked among the authors who…

Gray, Stephen

(Encyclopedia) Gray, Stephen, 1666–1736, English physicist. Gray, a dyer by trade, cultivated science as a hobby. In 1696 he published an account of a magnifying glass that interested the Royal…

Smith, Henry John Stephen

(Encyclopedia) Smith, Henry John Stephen, 1826–83, British mathematician. He was a lecturer in mathematics (1850–73) and, from 1860 to 1883, Savilian professor of geometry at Oxford. He is especially…

Stephen Ambrose 2002 Deaths

Stephen AmbroseAge: 66 military historian and writer who prolifically produced best-selling, authoritative war chronicles and biographies. His books, which focused mostly on World War II,…

Stephen Hadley, 2003 News

deputy national security adviser, took some of the blame in July for the unsubstantiated claim in President Bush's State of the Union address that Iraq had attempted to buy uranium from…

Stephen Ailes 2001 Deaths

Stephen AilesAge: 89 attorney and government official who served as secretary of the Army from 1964 to 1965, when U.S. combat troops began entering South Vietnam.Died: Bethesda, Md., June 30…

Woody Stephens 1998 Deaths

Woody StephensAge: 84 legendary thoroughbred racing trainer who won the Eclipse Award in 1983 as the nation's No. 1 trainer; his horses won five straight Belmont Stakes races in the 1980s;…

Benét, Stephen Vincent (Benét)

Benét, Stephen Vincent (Benét)[1898-1943](1)Born at Bethlehem, Pa., 1898. Was educated at the Summerville Academy at Augusta, Ga., and at Yale University, taking the degree of A.B. in 1919…

Stephen Heywood 2006 Deaths

Stephen HeywoodAge: 37 cofounder (with his brother James) of the ALS Therapy Development Foundation, and central figure of the documentary So Much So Fast about his fight against Lou Gehrig's…