(Encyclopedia) Davenport, Herbert Joseph, 1861–1931, American economist, b. Wilmington, Vt., Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1898. He taught at the Univ. of Missouri and at Cornell. In Value and Distribution…
(Encyclopedia) Oratory, Congregation of the [Lat. abbr., Cong. Orat.], in the Roman Catholic Church, founded in 1575, an association of secular priests organized into independent communities…
(Encyclopedia) ÆthelwulfÆthelwulfĕˈthəlw&oobreve;lf, ăˈ– [key], d. 858, king of Wessex (839–56), son and successor of Egbert; father of Æthelbert, Æthelred, and Alfred. He was lord of Kent,…
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Date of Information: 10/31/2022[source] Pres. David Kabua Min. of Assistance to the Pres. Christopher Loeak…
(Encyclopedia) IneIneīˈnə [key], king of Wessex (688–726). In 694 he forced the people of Kent to pay compensation for the murder of a kinsman, and he extended his sway over Sussex and Surrey and…
(Encyclopedia) KlabundKlabundkläb&oobreve;ntˈ [key], pseud. of Alfred HenschkeAlfred Henschkeälˈfrĕt hĕnshˈkə [key], 1890–1928, German poet, novelist, and dramatist. A skillful translator and…
(Encyclopedia) Kahn, Robert Elliot, 1938–, American computer scientist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., B.E.E. City College of New York, 1960, Ph.D. Princeton, 1964. With Vinton Cerf, he is responsible for the…
Senate Years of Service: 1963-1964Party: DemocratWALTERS, Herbert Sanford, a Senator from Tennessee; born in Leadvale, Jefferson County, Tenn., November 17, 1891; attended the public schools…
CALDWELL, Millard Fillmore, a Representative from Florida; born in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., February 6, 1897; attended the public schools, Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tenn.,…
BROWN, William Wallace, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Summer Hill, Cayuga County, N.Y., April 22, 1836; moved with his parents to Elk County, Pa., in 1838; attended the common…
