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Ezra Child CARLETON, Congress, MI (1838-1911)

CARLETON Ezra Child , a Representative from Michigan; born in St. Clair, St. Clair County, Mich., September 6, 1838; attended the common schools, and was graduated from the Port Huron High School…

Thomas CHILD, Jr., Congress, NY (1818-1869)

CHILD Thomas, Jr. , a Representative from New York; born in Bakersfield, near St. Albans, Vt., March 22, 1818; attended the common schools and entered the University of Vermont at Burlington at…

Robert Andrew CHILDS, Congress, IL (1845-1915)

CHILDS Robert Andrew , a Representative from Illinois; born in Malone, Franklin County, N.Y., March 22, 1845; moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled near Belvidere, Boone County, in 1852…

White, Peregrine

(Encyclopedia) White, Peregrine, 1620–1704, first child born to English parents in New England. He was born on the Mayflower as she lay at anchor in Cape Cod Bay on Nov. 20. He became a citizen of…

Menteith

(Encyclopedia) MenteithMenteithmĕntēthˈ [key], lake, up to 1.5 mi (2.4 km) across, Stirling, central Scotland, near the town of Stirling. Mary Queen of Scots, as a child of five, was hidden at…

Luini, Bernardino

(Encyclopedia) Luini, BernardinoLuini, Bernardinobārnärdēˈnō l&oomacr;ēˈnē [key], c.1480–1532, b. Luino, Italian painter, son of Giovanni Lutero. Among the extant works of his early years (before…

Lorenzo Monaco

(Encyclopedia) Lorenzo MonacoLorenzo Monacolōrĕnˈtsō [key]Lorenzo Monacomōˈnäkō [key], c.1370–1425?, Italian painter, one of the leading artists in Florence at the beginning of the 15th cent. His…

Brazelton, T. Berry

(Encyclopedia) Brazelton, T. Berry (Thomas Berry Brazelton Jr.), 1918–2018, American pediatrician and author, b. Waco, Tex., grad. Princeton, 1940, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia 1943.…

abandonment

(Encyclopedia) abandonment, in law, voluntary, intentional, and absolute relinquishment of rights or property without conveying them to any other person. Abandonment also means willfully leaving one'…