(Encyclopedia) Lucas van LeydenLucas van Leydenlüˈkäs vän līˈdən [key], 1494–1533, Dutch historical and genre painter and engraver. With Lucas, Dutch painting of scenes from daily life may be said to…
(Encyclopedia) IlluminatiIlluminatiĭl&oomacr;ˌmĭnāˈtī, –näˈtē [key] [Lat.,=enlightened], rationalistic society founded in Germany soon after 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, a professor at Ingolstadt,…
(Encyclopedia) Sismondi, Jean Charles Léonard Simonde deSismondi, Jean Charles Léonard Simonde dezhäN shärl lāônärˈ sēmôNdˈ də sēsmôNdēˈ [key], 1773–1842, Swiss historian, economist, and critic. A…
Senate Years of Service: 1820-1823; 1823-1825; 1825-1827Party: Federalist; Adams-Clay Federalist; AdamsMILLS, Elijah Hunt, (great-great grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. and John Davis…
Senate Years of Service: 1824-1825; 1825-1829Party: Adams-Clay Republican; AdamsBOULIGNY, Charles Dominique Joseph, (uncle of John Edward Bouligny), a Senator from Louisiana; born in New…
BRADLEY, William Czar, (son of Stephen Row Bradley), a Representative from Vermont; born in Westminster, Vt., March 23, 1782; received his early education in the schools of Cheshire, Conn.,…
LINCOLN, Enoch, (son of Levi Lincoln [1749-1820] and brother of Levi Lincoln [1782-1868]), a Representative from Massachusetts and from Maine; born in Worcester, Mass., December 28, 1788; was…
McHENRY, James, a Delegate from Maryland; born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland, November 16, 1753; pursued classical studies; immigrated to the United States about 1771 and settled in…
Senate Years of Service: 1822-1825Party: Democratic Republican; Adams-Clay RepublicanBROWN, Ethan Allen, a Senator from Ohio; born in Darien, Conn., July 4, 1776; pursued academic studies;…
Entrepreneur, railroad and steamship executiveBorn: October 27, 1819Birthplace: Branford, Conn. Henry Plant grew up in Connecticut. Rather than attend college as his family had hoped, he became a…
