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Gibson, John Bannister
(Encyclopedia) Gibson, John Bannister, 1780–1853, American jurist, b. Westover Mills, Pa.; nephew of the American frontiersman John Gibson. He studied law, was unsuccessful in practice, and served (…Hansberry, Lorraine
(Encyclopedia) Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930–65, American playwright, b. Chicago, studied Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, the New School, New York City. She grew up in a middle-class family on Chicago's…Boyer, Paul Delos
(Encyclopedia) Boyer, Paul Delos, 1918–2018, American biochemist, b. Provo, Utah, Ph.D. Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, 1943. Boyer taught at the Univ. of Minnesota, first in Saint Paul (1946–56) and…Raleigh, Fort
(Encyclopedia) Raleigh, Fort: see Roanoke Island.Dix, Fort
(Encyclopedia) Dix, Fort: see Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.Marion, Fort
(Encyclopedia) Marion, Fort: see Saint Augustine, Fla.George, Fort
(Encyclopedia) George, Fort: see Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.Fort Lennox
(Encyclopedia) Fort Lennox: see Île-aux-Noix.Fort Mims
(Encyclopedia) Fort Mims, temporary stockade near the confluence of the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers. It was the scene of a massacre (Aug. 30, 1813); William Weatherford led a Native American force…Fort Myers
(Encyclopedia) Fort Myers, city (2020 pop. 86,395), seat of Lee co., SW Fla., on the Caloosahatchee River, near the Gulf of Mexico; founded 1850, inc.…Trending
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