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Alfred H. POWELL, Congress, VA (1781-1831)

POWELL, Alfred H., a Representative from Virginia; born in Loudoun County, Va., March 6, 1781; was graduated from Princeton College; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced the…

James Alfred PEARCE, Congress, MD (1805-1862)

Senate Years of Service: 1843-1855; 1855-1857; 1857-1862Party: Whig; Opposition; DemocratPEARCE, James Alfred, a Representative and a Senator from Maryland; born in Alexandria, Va., December…

Alfred Noroton PHILLIPS, Congress, CT (1894-1970)

PHILLIPS, Alfred Noroton, a Representative from Connecticut; born in Darien, Fairfield County, Conn., April 23, 1894; attended the public schools, Betts Academy, Stamford, Conn., and Hotchkiss…

Isaacs, Sir Isaac Alfred

(Encyclopedia) Isaacs, Sir Isaac AlfredIsaacs, Sir Isaac Alfredīˈzəks [key], 1855–1948, Australian jurist and political leader. He sat in the colonial legislature (1892–1901), became solicitor…

Windischgrätz, Alfred, Fürst zu

(Encyclopedia) Windischgrätz or Windisch-Grätz, Alfred, Fürst zuWindischgrätz or Windisch-Grätz, Alfred, Fürst zuälˈfrāt fürst ts&oomacr; vĭnˈdĭshgrĕtsˈ [key], 1787–1862, Austrian field marshal.…

Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald

(Encyclopedia) Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald, 1881–1955, British anthropologist. He did fieldwork in the Andaman Islands and in Australia. Radcliffe-Brown fostered the development of social…

Caro, Sir Anthony Alfred

(Encyclopedia) Caro, Sir Anthony Alfred, 1924–2014, British sculptor, one of the most important and influential modernist sculptors of the late 20th cent. Educated as an engineer (grad. Cambridge,…

Ayer, Sir Alfred Jules

(Encyclopedia) Ayer, Sir Alfred JulesAyer, Sir Alfred Julesāˈər, âr [key], 1910–89, British philosopher, b. London, grad. Oxford, 1932. From 1933 to 1944 he was lecturer and research fellow at Oxford…

Fouillée, Alfred Jules Emile

(Encyclopedia) Fouillée, Alfred Jules EmileFouillée, Alfred Jules Emileälfrĕdˈ zhül āmēlˈ f&oomacr;yāˈ [key], 1838–1912, self-educated French philosopher and sociologist. Until 1875, when he…