JEFFERSON, William Jennings, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La., March 14, 1947; G.W. Griffin High School, Lake Providence, La.; B.A., Southern…
(née Bennett)Washington, DC, lawyer and women's rights activistBorn: 10/24/1830Birthplace: Royalton, N.Y. As a young woman, Lockwood taught at a number of schools in upstate New York. After her…
(Encyclopedia) metaphysical poets, name given to a group of English lyric poets of the 17th cent. The term was first used by Samuel Johnson (1744). The hallmark of their poetry is the metaphysical…
(Encyclopedia) Mackay, John WilliamMackay, John Williammăkˈē [key], 1831–1902, American financier, b. Dublin, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in 1840. In 1859 he joined the rush to Nevada…
(Encyclopedia) Wain, John, 1925–94, English novelist and critic, b. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, grad. Oxford (B.A., 1946; M.A., 1950). Originally lumped with England's angry young men after the…
ROEMER, Timothy John, (son-in-law of John Bennett Johnston, Jr.), a Representative from Indiana; born in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind., October 30, 1956; graduated from Penn High School…
MARSHALL, Thomas Riley, a Vice President of the United States; born in North Manchester, Wabash County, Ind., March 14, 1854; attended the common schools and graduated from Wabash College,…
CARMICHAEL, William, (granduncle of Richard Bennett Carmichael), a Delegate from Maryland; born at âRound Top,â in Queen Annes County, Md., near Chestertown, Md., birth date unknown;…
rock group Founded after the 1994 breakup of Uncle Tupelo and including four of that group's original members, Wilco (1994–present) has carried on in Uncle Tupelo's alternative-country-rock hybrid…
