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Charles Henry MORGAN, Congress, MO (1842-1912)

MORGAN Charles Henry , a Representative from Missouri; born in Cuba, Allegeny County, N.Y., July 5, 1842; moved to Wisconsin in 1845 with his parents, who settled in Pewaukee; attended the common…

Dick Thompson MORGAN, Congress, OK (1853-1920)

MORGAN Dick Thompson , a Representative from Oklahoma; born at Prairie Creek, Vigo County, Ind., December 6, 1853; attended the country schools and the Prairie Creek High School; was graduated…

Edwin Barber MORGAN, Congress, NY (1806-1881)

MORGAN Edwin Barber , a Representative from New York; born in Aurora, Cayuga County, N.Y., May 2, 1806; attended the common schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits and banking in Aurora;…

Edwin Denison MORGAN, Congress, NY (1811-1883)

Senate Years of Service: 1863-1869 Party: Republican MORGAN Edwin Denison , a Senator from New York; born in Washington, Mass., February 8, 1811; moved with his parents to Windsor County, Conn., in…

James Bright MORGAN, Congress, MS (1833-1892)

MORGAN James Bright , a Representative from Mississippi; born near Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tenn., March 14, 1833; moved with his parents to De Soto County, Miss., in 1840 and settled in…

Stiles, Ezra

(Encyclopedia) Stiles, Ezra, 1727–95, American theologian and educator, b. North Haven, Conn., grad. Yale, 1746. He studied theology, was ordained in 1749, and tutored (1749–55) at Yale. Resigning…

orphism

(Encyclopedia) orphism, a short-lived movement in art founded in 1912 by Robert Delaunay, Frank Kupka, the Duchamp brothers, and Roger de la Fresnaye. Apollinaire coined the term orphism to describe…

Memling, Hans

(Encyclopedia) Memling or Memlinc, HansMemling or Memlinc, Hanshäns mĕmˈlĭng, –lĭngk [key], c.1430–1494, Flemish religious and portrait painter, b. Germany. He may have studied with Roger van der…

Bogle, Jack

(Encyclopedia) Bogle, Jack (John Clifton Bogle)Bogle, Jack [key], 1929–2019, American financial executive, b. Montclair, N.J., grad. Princeton (1951). Going to work for Walter Morgan's Wellington…