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Harry Potter Playlists

What is on Daniel and Rupert's iPods? from iTunes Related Links Harry Potter Banned?Harry Potter Movies!Harry Potter Movie Actors Hogwarts (beginner) Daniel Radcliffe BiographyRupert…

Foraker, Joseph Benson

(Encyclopedia) Foraker, Joseph BensonForaker, Joseph Bensonfŏrˈəkər [key], 1846–1917, American politician, b. Highland co., Ohio. After service in the Civil War, he practiced law in Cincinnati and…

Benson, Arthur Christopher

(Encyclopedia) Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862–1925, English author; eldest son of Archbishop Benson. He was master at Eton (1885–1903) and at Magdalene College, Cambridge (1915–25). His works…

Benson, Edward Frederic

(Encyclopedia) Benson, Edward Frederic, 1867–1940, English author; 3d son of Archbishop Benson. He wrote several biographies and reflections on contemporary society, but he is chiefly remembered for…

Benson, Edward White

(Encyclopedia) Benson, Edward White, 1829–96, archbishop of Canterbury, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was appointed (1877) the first bishop of Truro, and in 1882 he was appointed…

Benson, Ezra Taft

(Encyclopedia) Benson, Ezra Taft, 1899–1994, U.S. secretary of agriculture (1953–61), b. Whitney, Idaho. An extension economist and marketing specialist at the Univ. of Idaho (1930–38) and executive…

Benson, Robert Hugh

(Encyclopedia) Benson, Robert Hugh, 1871–1914, English author and clergyman; 4th son of Archbishop Benson. He was converted to Roman Catholicism in 1903 and ordained the next year. In 1911, as a…

Benson WOOD, Congress, IL (1839-1915)

WOOD, Benson, a Representative from Illinois; born near Bridgewater, Susquehanna County, Pa., on March 31, 1839; attended the common schools, Montrose (Pa.) Academy, and Wyoming (Pa.) Seminary…

Egbert BENSON, Congress, NY (1746-1833)

BENSON, Egbert, a Delegate and a Representative from New York; born in New York City June 21, 1746; was graduated from King’s College (now Columbia University) in 1765; studied law; was…

Kroto, Harry

(Encyclopedia) Kroto, Harry (Sir Harold Walter Kroto), 1939–2016, British chemist, b. Harold Walter Krotoschiner, Ph.D. Univ. of Sheffield, 1964. Kroto was the son of German parents who fled Nazi…