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Richardson, Lewis Fry

(Encyclopedia) Richardson, Lewis Fry, 1881–1953, British physicist and pioneering meteorologist, grad. Cambridge (1903), Univ. of London (B.Sc. 1929). Richardson worked at the National Physical…

Golding, Bruce

(Encyclopedia) Golding, Bruce, 1947–, Jamaican political leader. The son of Tacius Golding, a member of parliament and speaker of the house in the 1960s, he is a graduate of the Univ. of the West…

Layton, Irving

(Encyclopedia) Layton, Irving, 1912–2006, Canadian poet, b. Romania as Israel Lazarovitch. His family emigrated to Montreal when he was an infant. He attended Macdonald College (B.Sc., 1939) and…

Kelsey, Frances Oldham

(Encyclopedia) Kelsey, Frances Oldham, 1914–2015, Canadian-American pharmacologist, b. Cobble Hill, British Columbia, as Frances Kathleen Oldham, grad. McGill Univ. (B.Sc. 1934, M.Sc. 1935), Univ. of…

Timothy Patrick SHEEHAN, Congress, IL (1909-2000)

SHEEHAN Timothy Patrick , a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., February 21, 1909; attended St. Pius Grammar School and Joseph Medill High School; Northwestern University, B.S.C…

James Mitchell COLLINS, Congress, TX (1916-1989)

COLLINS James Mitchell , a Representative from Texas; born in Hallsville, Dallas County, Tex., April 29, 1916; attended high school in Dallas, Tex.; B.S.C., Southern Methodist University, Dallas,…

Edward James DEVITT, Congress, MN (1911-1992)

DEVITT Edward James , a Representative from Minnesota; born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., May 5, 1911; graduated from St. John's College Preparatory High School, Collegeville, Minn., 1930;…

Yar'Adua, Umaru Musa

(Encyclopedia) Yar'Adua, Umaru MusaYar'Adua, Umaru Musa&oomacr;mäˈr&oomacr; m&oomacr;ˈsä yär äd&oomacr;ˈä [key], 1951–2010, Nigerian politician, president of Nigeria (2007–10). Born…

Netanyahu, Benjamin

(Encyclopedia) Netanyahu, Benjamin or Binyamin Netanyahu, Benjamin or Binyamin bēnˈyəmēnˌ nĕtənyäˈh&oomacr…

Trump, Donald John

(Encyclopedia) Trump, Donald John, 1946–, 45th President of the United States (2017–21), b. New York City. Prior to his election as president in 2016,…