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Charles Franklin WEST, Congress, OH (1895-1955)

WEST Charles Franklin , a Representative from Ohio; born in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, January 12, 1895; attended the public schools; was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware…

James Michael QUIGLEY, Congress, PA (1918)

QUIGLEY James Michael , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pa., March 30, 1918; attended the parochial schools of Mount Carmel; was graduated from…

Measuring Mountains

The world's highest peak and past pretenders to the throne by Borgna Brunner   A view of Everest from Thangboche Monastery. Related Links Everest Almanac A History of…

Brewer's: Mountain

(The) or Montagnards. The extreme democratical party in the first French Revolution; so called because they seated themselves on the highest benches of the hall in which the National…

Everest Timeline

A chronology of the world's highest peak by Borgna Brunner   1852–1920 1921–1953 1955–1978 1996–Present 1852 The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India…

Tenzing Norgay Biography

Tenzing NorgaymountaineerBorn: 5/15/1914Birthplace: Solo Khumbu, Nepal On May 29, 1953 Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary became the first to successfully climb Mount Everest, the highest…

Thomas Chipman McRAE, Congress, AR (1851-1929)

McRAE Thomas Chipman , a Representative from Arkansas; born in Mount Holly, Union County, Ark., December 21, 1851; attended private schools in Shady Grove, Columbia County, in Mount Holly, Union…

Joseph KENT, Congress, MD (1779-1837)

Senate Years of Service: 1833-1837 Party: Anti-Jacksonian; Whig KENT Joseph , a Representative and a Senator from Maryland; born in Calvert County, Md., January 14, 1779; received a liberal…