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Susan Gordon Lydon 2005 Deaths

Susan Gordon LydonAge: 61 feminist and writer who was a founding editor of Rolling Stone magazine. Her essay, “The Politics of Orgasm,” which appeared in Ramparts magazine, remains a must-…

coneflower

(Encyclopedia) coneflower, name for several American wildflowers of the family Asteraceae (aster family). The purple coneflowers (genus Echinacea), found E of the Rockies, have purple to pinkish…

Charles Augustus BOYLE, Congress, IL (1907-1959)

BOYLE Charles Augustus , a Representative from Illinois; born in Spring Lake, Ottawa County, Mich., August 13, 1907; after leaving the farm of his parents he graduated from Mount Carmel High…

Charles Edmund BOYLE, Congress, PA (1836-1888)

BOYLE Charles Edmund , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., February 4, 1836; attended the common schools, and Waynesburg College, Waynesburg, Greene County…

Charles Boyle ROBERTS, Congress, MD (1842-1899)

ROBERTS Charles Boyle , a Representative from Maryland; born in Uniontown, Carroll County, Md., on April 19, 1842; was graduated from Calvert College, New Windsor, Md., in 1861; studied law; was…

Phillips, David Graham

(Encyclopedia) Phillips, David Graham, 1867–1911, American writer, b. Madison, Ind., grad. College of New Jersey (now Princeton), 1887. He worked as a newspaper reporter in Cincinnati and New York…

Kao, Sir Charles Kuen

(Encyclopedia) Kao, Sir Charles Kuen, 1933–2018, British-American physicist, b. Shanghai, China, Ph.D. Imperial College London, 1965. Kao was an engineer and researcher at Standard Telecommunications…

Welch, Jack

(Encyclopedia) Welch, Jack (John Francis Welch, Jr.), 1935–2020, American business executive, b. Salem, Mass., grad. Univ. of Massachusetts (1957); Univ. of Illinois (M.S., 1958; Ph.D., chemical…