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Boğazköy

(Encyclopedia) Boğazköy or BoghazkeuiBoghazkeuibōäzˈköy [key], village, N central Turkey. Boğazköy (or Hattusas as it was called) was the chief center of the Hittite empire (1400–1200 b.c.), which…

Pharnabazus

(Encyclopedia) PharnabazusPharnabazusfärnəbāˈzəs [key], d. after 374 b.c., Persian governor. He had an important satrapy in Asia Minor under Darius II and Artaxerxes II. He was responsible for the…

Cyrus ALDRICH, Congress, MN (1808-1871)

ALDRICH Cyrus , a Representative from Minnesota; born in Smithfield, R.I., June 18, 1808; attended the common schools; followed the occupations of sailor, boatman, farmer, contractor on public…

Cyrus LOCHER, Congress, OH (1878-1929)

Senate Years of Service: 1928-1928 Party: Democrat LOCHER Cyrus , a Senator from Ohio; born on a farm in Putnam County, Ohio, March 8, 1878; attended the country schools; graduated from Ohio…

Cyrus BEERS, Congress, NY (1786-1850)

BEERS Cyrus , a Representative from New York; born in Newtown, Conn., June 21, 1786; moved with his parents to New York City; obtained a limited education in the public schools; engaged in…

Cyrus Livingston DUNHAM, Congress, IN (1817-1877)

DUNHAM Cyrus Livingston , a Representative from Indiana; born in Dryden, Tompkins County, N.Y., January 16, 1817; attended the common schools; taught school; studied law and was admitted to the…

Cyrus DUREY, Congress, NY (1864-1933)

DUREY Cyrus , a Representative from New York; born in Caroga, Fulton County, N.Y. May 16, 1864; attended the common schools and Johnstown Academy; was supervisor's clerk; supervisor of Caroga in…

Cyrus GRIFFIN, Congress, VA (1748-1810)

GRIFFIN, Cyrus, a Delegate from Virginia; born in Farnham, Richmond County, Va., July 16, 1748; sent to England to be educated; studied law at the University of Edinburgh and at the Temple in…

Cyrus KING, Congress, MA (1772-1817)

KING Cyrus , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Scarboro, Maine (then a district of Massachusetts), on September 6, 1772; attended Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and was graduated…

Cyrus SPINK, Congress, OH (1793-1859)

SPINK Cyrus , a Representative from Ohio; born in Berkshire County, Mass., March 24, 1793; moved to Stark County, Ohio, in 1815; taught school for several years in Kendall, Stark County, Ohio;…