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Lennoxville

(Encyclopedia) Lennoxville, town (1991 pop. 4,046), S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Francis and Massawippi rivers, SE of Sherbrooke. It is chiefly a residential town and is the seat of…

Saint Francis, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Saint Francis, city (1990 pop. 9,245), Milwaukee co., SE Wis., a residential suburb of Milwaukee on Lake Michigan; inc. 1951. There is meat processing and the manufacture of plastic…

Henry Francis du Pont Biography

Henry Francis du Pontbusinessman, museum founderBorn: 1880Birthplace: Winterthur, Del. Armed with his Harvard B.A. he became a director of the family's chemical business, E. I. du Pont de…

Francis (Franny) Murray 1998 Deaths

Francis (Franny) MurrayAge: 82 former All-American football and basketball star at the University of Pennsylvania and last surviving member of the Quakers' "Destiny Backfield", which also…

Grace Hazard Conkling: Francis Ledwidge

Francis Ledwidge(Killed in action July 31, 1917)Grace Hazard ConklingNevermore singing Will you go now, Wearing wild moonlight On your brow. The moon's white mood In your silver mind Is all…

Francis WHITE, Congress, VA (1826)

WHITE Francis , a Representative from Virginia; born near Winchester, Frederick County, Va., birth date unknown; attended the common schools at Winchester; engaged in agricultural pursuits;…

F(rancis) Scott Fitzgerald Biography

F(rancis) Scott FitzgeraldnovelistBorn: 9/24/1896Birthplace: Saint Paul, Minnesota Novelist and short-story writer credited with chronicling the Jazz Age and considered one of the greatest…

Jeffrey, Francis, Lord Jeffrey

(Encyclopedia) Jeffrey, Francis, Lord Jeffrey, 1773–1850, Scottish critic and judge. He was a founder and editor of the Edinburgh Review, which printed his critical essays. See his Contributions to…

Millet, Francis Davis

(Encyclopedia) Millet, Francis DavisMillet, Francis Davismĭlāˈ [key], 1846–1912, American illustrator, painter, and journalist, b. Mattapoisett, Mass. He had been a drummer boy in the Civil War…