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Besant, Sir Walter
(Encyclopedia) Besant, Sir WalterBesant, Sir Walterbĭzăntˈ [key], 1836–1901, English novelist and humanitarian, grad. Christ's College, Cambridge, 1859. He taught at the Royal College of Mauritius…Winchell, Walter
(Encyclopedia) Winchell, Walter, 1897–1972, journalist and broadcaster, b. New York City as Walter Winchel. He performed in vaudeville, and adopted a marquee's misspelling of his surname. After…Scheel, Walter
(Encyclopedia) Scheel, WalterScheel, Waltervälˈtər shāl [key], 1919–2016, German political leader, president of West Germany (1974–79). After serving in World War II, Scheel became interested in…Rauschenbusch, Walter
(Encyclopedia) Rauschenbusch, WalterRauschenbusch, Walterrouˈshənb&oobreve;sh [key], 1861–1918, American clergyman, b. Rochester, N.Y. In 1886 he was ordained and began work among German…Vice Presidents
Find information about U.S. vice presidents, from John Adams in 1789 to Joseph Biden in 2009. Name and (party)1 Term State of birth Birth and death dates President served under 1. John Adams (F)…Kroto, Harry
(Encyclopedia) Kroto, Harry (Sir Harold Walter Kroto), 1939–2016, British chemist, b. Harold Walter Krotoschiner, Ph.D. Univ. of Sheffield, 1964. Kroto was the son of German parents who fled Nazi…Ulbricht, Walter
(Encyclopedia) Ulbricht, WalterUlbricht, Waltervälˈtər &oobreve;lˈbrĭkht [key], 1893–1973, Communist leader in the German Democratic Republic. A founder of the German Communist party, he fled…Tintern Abbey
(Encyclopedia) Tintern Abbey, ruins of an abbey, Monmouthshire, W. England, near Chepstow. It was founded for Cistercians in 1131 by Walter de Clare and now consists mainly of 13th- and 14-century…Rich, Penelope, Lady
(Encyclopedia) Rich, Penelope, Lady, 1562–1607, the “Stella” of Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella (1591). Daughter of Walter Devereux, first earl of Essex, she married (1581) Lord Rich (later…Hess, Walter Rudolf
(Encyclopedia) Hess, Walter Rudolf, 1881–1973, Swiss physiologist. For his work on the control of organs by certain areas of the brain he shared with Egas Moniz the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physiology or…Trending
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