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Asian American Writers

Maxine Hong Kingston Ai, poet Bulosan, Carlos, writer Chopra, Deepak, writer Davies, Peter Ho, author Desai, Anita, writer Hagedorn, Jessica, novelist, poet, and performance artist…

Asian-American Scientists

Kaplana Chawla Bose, Amar, physicist Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan, astrophysicist Chawla, Kalpana, astronaut Chu, Steven, physicist Gong, Lue Gim, horticulturist Ho, David, AIDS…

American History 101?

Compare your wits with the nation's best students by David Johnson Test ConditionsThe following test was given to a random sampling of 566 college seniors. Only one student answered all 34…

First American Cremation

The Question: Who was the first person to be cremated in the U.S.? The Answer: While cremation goes back to ancient times, the cremation of…

Campbell, Thomas, American clergyman

(Encyclopedia) Campbell, Thomas, 1763–1854, American clergyman, a founder of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). See Campbell, Alexander, his more famous son.

Gibson, John, American frontiersman

(Encyclopedia) Gibson, John, 1740–1822, American frontiersman, b. Lancaster, Pa. After taking part in the capture (1758) of Fort Duquesne (renamed Fort Pitt) in the French and Indian War, he became a…

Duane, William, American physicist

(Encyclopedia) Duane, William, 1872–1935, American physicist, b. Philadelphia, grad. Harvard, 1893, Ph.D. Univ. of Berlin, 1897. He taught at the Univ. of Colorado (1898–1907), worked at the Curie…

Suppiluliumas

(Encyclopedia) Suppiluliumas, fl. 14th cent. b.c., Hittite king (1390–54 b.c.). The greatest statesman-warrior in Hittite history, he left on his death an empire that was stronger, though not richer…

Churchill, Winston, American novelist

(Encyclopedia) Churchill, Winston, 1871–1947, American novelist, b. St. Louis, grad. Annapolis, 1894. He wrote several popular historical novels including Richard Carvel (1899), The Crisis (1901),…

Hastings, Thomas, American architect

(Encyclopedia) Hastings, Thomas, 1860–1929, American architect, b. New York City, grad. École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He worked in the office of McKim, Mead, and White, New York City, and in 1886…