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2013 Notable Books for Children

These books were chosen by a committee of librarians, educators, and other professionals for the Association for Library Service to Children. Younger…

John James BLAINE, Congress, WI (1875-1934)

Senate Years of Service: 1927-1933Party: RepublicanBLAINE, John James, a Senator from Wisconsin; born on a farm in Wingville Township, Grant County, Wis., May 4, 1875; attended the common…

George Henry WILLIAMS, Congress, OR (1823-1910)

Senate Years of Service: 1865-1871Party: RepublicanWILLIAMS, George Henry, a Senator from Oregon; born in New Lebanon, Columbia County, N.Y., March 26, 1823; completed preparatory studies;…

Cornplanter

(Encyclopedia) Cornplanter, c.1740–1836, chief of the Seneca. The son of a Native American mother and a white father, he acquired great influence among the Seneca and in the American Revolution led…

Florey, Howard Walter Florey, Baron

(Encyclopedia) Florey, Howard Walter Florey, Baron, 1898–1968, British pathologist, b. Australia. He was educated at Adelaide Univ. and at Cambridge and Oxford and returned to Oxford as professor of…

Oglesby, Richard James

(Encyclopedia) Oglesby, Richard JamesOglesby, Richard Jamesōˈgəlzbē [key], 1824–99, Union general in the American Civil War and Illinois political leader, b. Oldham co., Ky. He moved to Decatur, Ill…

McCormick, Robert Rutherford

(Encyclopedia) McCormick, Robert Rutherford, 1880–1955, American journalist, b. Chicago. He held local public offices, was admitted (1907) to the bar, and practiced law in Chicago. He worked with his…

Lars Porsena

(Encyclopedia) Lars Porsena or Lars PorsennaLars Porsennaboth: lärz pôrˈsənə, pôrsĕnˈə [key], semilegendary king of Clusium (modern Chiusi) in Etruria, who marched against Rome to reinstate the…