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Graham, Billy

(Encyclopedia) Graham, Billy (William Franklin Graham)Graham, Billygrāˈəm [key], 1918–2018, American evangelist, b. Charlotte, N.C., grad. Wheaton College (B.A., 1943). Graham was ordained a minister…

Katharine Graham

newspaper, magazine publisherBorn: 6/16/1917Birthplace: New York, N.Y. Katharine Meyer graduated from the University of Chicago in 1938 and was a reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle for a year…

Sheilah Graham

gossip columnist, writerBorn: 9/20/1904Birthplace: London, England Born Lily Sheil, Graham grew up in a London orphanage. She later moved to the United States and became a gossip columnist in…

Graham, George

(Encyclopedia) Graham, George, 1674?–1751, English instrument maker. A clockmaker by trade, Graham designed clocks and watches that earned him membership in the Royal Society and were still…

Bob Graham

U.S. Senator, Governor of FloridaBorn: Nov. 9, 1936 Birthplace: Coral Gables, Florida Graham's father was a Florida state senator, mining engineer, and farmer. Graham received a B.A. in 1959…

Graham, Hugh

(Encyclopedia) Graham, Hugh: see Atholston, Hugh Graham, 1st Baron.

Graham, James

(Encyclopedia) Graham, James: see Montrose, James Graham, 5th earl and 1st marquess of.

Graham, Sylvester

(Encyclopedia) Graham, Sylvester, 1794–1851, American reformer and Presbyterian minister, b. West Suffield, Conn. He advocated a vegetable diet as a cure for intemperance and the use of coarsely…

Graham, Martha

(Encyclopedia) Graham, Martha, 1894–1991, American dancer, choreographer, and teacher, b. Pittsburgh. Her family moved from Allegheny, Pa., to Santa Barbara, Calif., when she was 14. After 1916,…

Graham, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Graham, Robert, later Robert Cunninghame Graham, c.1735–1797, Scottish poet and politician. He is best known for the lyric “If Doughty Deeds My Lady Please.” He inherited sizable…