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Ferguson, Miriam A. Wallace
(Encyclopedia)Ferguson, Miriam A. Wallace (Ma Ferguson): see under Ferguson, James Edward. ...Cromarty
(Encyclopedia)Cromarty, county, Scotland: see Ross and Cromarty. ...Nicholas, Harold Lloyd
(Encyclopedia)Nicholas, Harold Lloyd: see Nicholas Brothers. ...Locke, David Ross
(Encyclopedia)Locke, David Ross: see Nasby, Petroleum V. ...Carothers, Wallace Hume
(Encyclopedia)Carothers, Wallace Hume kərŭᵺˈərz [key], 1896–1937, American chemist, b. Burlington, Iowa. He received his doctorate at the Univ. of Illinois in 1924, then taught organic chemistry there and a...Rodino, Peter Wallace, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Rodino, Peter Wallace, Jr. rōdēˈnō [key], 1909–2005, U.S. congressman, b. Newark, N.J., as Pellegrino Rodino, Jr.; grad. New Jersey Law School, 1937. Awarded the Bronze Star while serving (1941...Laski, Harold Joseph
(Encyclopedia)Laski, Harold Joseph lăsˈkē [key], 1893–1950, British political scientist, economist, author, and lecturer. A graduate of New College, Oxford, he taught at McGill Univ. (1914–16) and Harvard (1...Stockton, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia)Stockton, 1st earl of: see Macmillan, (Maurice) Harold. ...Manson, Patrick
(Encyclopedia)Manson, Patrick, 1844–1922, English parasitologist. After receiving his medical degree (1866) from the university at Aberdeen, Scotland, Manson left for China where he was to spend 24 years, studyin...Macdonald, Ross
(Encyclopedia)Macdonald, Ross, pseud. of Kenneth Millar, 1915–83, American novelist, b. Los Gatos, Calif. He was educated in Canada and at the Univ. of Michigan. Macdonald's mystery novels center on the tough but...Browse by Subject
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