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Heinlein, Robert Anson MacDonald

(Encyclopedia) Heinlein, Robert Anson MacDonaldHeinlein, Robert Anson MacDonaldhīˈlīn [key], 1907–88, American science-fiction writer, b. Butler, Mo. His best-known novel, Stranger in a Strange Land…

Stern, Robert A. M.

(Encyclopedia) Stern, Robert A. M. (Robert Arthur Morton Stern), 1939–, American architect, b. New York City. He studied architecture at Yale Univ., became a practicing architect in the mid-1960s,…

Mundell, Robert A.

(Encyclopedia) Mundell, Robert A., 1932–2021, Canadian economist, b. Kingston, Ont., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D. , 1956). He taught at…

Robert A. BRADY, Congress, PA (1945)

BRADY, Robert A., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 7, 1945; graduated from St. Thomas More High School, Philadelphia, Pa.; union official;…

Robert A. WEYGAND, Congress, RI (1948)

WEYGAND, Robert A., a Representative from Rhode Island; born in Attleboro, Bristol County, Mass., May 10, 1948; B.F.A., University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I., 1971; B.S., University of…

Robert A. ROE, Congress, NJ (1924)

ROE, Robert A., a Representative from New Jersey; born in Wayne, Passaic County, N.J., February 28, 1924; attended Oregon State University, Corvallis, Or.; attended Washington State University…

Milne, A. A.

(Encyclopedia) Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander Milne)Milne, A. A.mĭln, mĭl [key], 1882–1956, English author. Milne began his literary career as a journalist and later became a regular contributor to…

George A. Hormel

meatpackerBorn: 1860Birthplace: Buffalo, N.Y. Hormel settled in Austin, Minnesota after working throughout the Midwest, opening the George A. Hormel and Company meat packing business in 1891.…

Fergusson, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Fergusson, Robert, 1750–74, Scottish poet, b. Edinburgh. He was a precursor of Robert Burns, who proclaimed his debt to Fergusson's Poems (1773). After careers in the clergy and in…

Thomas A. BURKE, Congress, OH (1898-1971)

Senate Years of Service: 1953-1954Party: DemocratBURKE, Thomas A., a Senator from Ohio; born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 30, 1898; attended parochial schools; graduated from…