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Whipple, Abraham

(Encyclopedia) Whipple, Abraham, 1733–1819, American Revolutionary naval officer, b. Providence, R.I. In 1759–60, as captain of the privateer Game Cock in the French and Indian Wars, he captured…

Bedaresi, Yedayah ben Abraham

(Encyclopedia) Bedaresi or Bedersi, Yedayah ben AbrahamBedaresi or Bedersi, Yedayah ben Abrahamyĕdīäˈ, bādärāˈsē, bādĕrˈ– [key], 1270–1340, Jewish poet and philosopher, b. Béziers, France. His most…

Abraham, Plains of

(Encyclopedia) Abraham, Plains of, fairly level field adjoining the upper part of the city of Quebec, Canada. There, in 1759, the English under Gen. James Wolfe defeated the French under Gen. Louis…

Waksman, Selman Abraham

(Encyclopedia) Waksman, Selman AbrahamWaksman, Selman Abrahamwäksˈmən [key], 1888–1973, American microbiologist, b. Priluka, Russia, grad. Rutgers (B.S. 1915), Ph.D. Univ. of California, 1918. He…

Michelson, Albert Abraham

(Encyclopedia) Michelson, Albert AbrahamMichelson, Albert Abrahammīˈkəlsən [key], 1852–1931, American physicist, b. Strelno, Prussia, grad. Annapolis, 1873, and studied at Berlin, Heidelberg, and…

Abraham Joseph HASBROUCK, Congress, NY (1773-1845)

HASBROUCK, Abraham Joseph, (cousin of Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck), a Representative from New York; born at “Guilford,” Ulster County, N.Y., October 16, 1773; was privately tutored; moved to…

Abraham Bedford VENABLE, Congress, VA (1758-1811)

Senate Years of Service: 1803-1804Party: Democratic RepublicanVENABLE, Abraham Bedford, (uncle of Abraham Watkins Venable), a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born on ‘State Hillâ…