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James Miller TUNNELL, Congress, DE (1879-1957)
Senate Years of Service: 1941-1947 Party: Democrat TUNNELL James Miller , a Senator from Delaware; born in Clarksville, Sussex County, Del., August 2, 1879; attended the public schools;…David Settle REID, Congress, NC (1813-1891)
Senate Years of Service: 1854-1859 Party: Democrat REID David Settle , a Representative and a Senator from North Carolina; born near Reidsville, Rockingham County, N.C., on April 19, 1813;…Newell Adolphus GEORGE, Congress, KS (1904-1992)
GEORGE Newell Adolphus , a Representative from Kansas; born in Kansas City, Mo., September 24, 1904; attended public schools, Kansas City, Kans., Wentworth Military Academy, Lexington, Mo., Park…Edwards, Jonathan, 1703–58, American theologian and metaphysician
(Encyclopedia) Edwards, Jonathan, 1703–58, American theologian and metaphysician, b. East Windsor (then in Windsor), Conn. He was a precocious child, early interested in things scientific,…Trial and Error
Director: Jonathan LynnWriters: Sara Bernstein and Gregory BernsteinDirector of Photography:Gabriel BeristainEditor:Tony LombardoMusic:Phil MarshallProduction Designer:Victoria PaulProducers:…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Charles the First
by Percy Bysshe Shelley [1]Fragments of an Unfinished Drama The Triumph of Life Charles the First DRAMATIS PERSONAE: King Charles I. Queen Henrietta. Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury. Wentworth…Slaughterhouse Cases
(Encyclopedia) Slaughterhouse Cases, cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1873. In 1869 the Louisiana legislature granted a 25-year monopoly to a slaughterhouse concern in New Orleans for the…Kalidasa
(Encyclopedia) KalidasaKalidasakäˌlĭdäˈsə [key], fl. 5th cent.?, Indian dramatist and poet. He is regarded as the greatest figure in classical Sanskrit literature. Except that he was retained by the…Nin, Anaïs
(Encyclopedia) Nin, AnaïsNin, Anaïsənīˈĭs nĭn, nēn [key], 1903–77, American writer, b. Paris. The daughter of the Spanish composer Joaquín Nin, she came to the United States as a child. She was a…Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley
(Encyclopedia) Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley, 1882–1944, British astronomer and physicist. He was chief assistant (1906–13) at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and was from 1913 Plumian professor of…Trending
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