(Encyclopedia) Williams, William Carlos, 1883–1963, American poet and physician, b. Rutherford, N.J., educated in Geneva, Switzerland, Univ. of Pennsylvania (M.D., 1906), and Univ. of Leipzig, where…
(Encyclopedia) Williams, William Sherley, 1787–1849, American trader and trapper, known as Old Bill Williams, b. Rutherford co., N.C. Much of his early life was spent in Missouri, where he was a…
(Encyclopedia) Wood, Robert Williams, 1868–1955, American physicist, b. Concord, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1891). After studying abroad he became associated with Johns Hopkins as professor of…
(Encyclopedia) Bridgman, Percy Williams, 1882–1961, American physicist, b. Cambridge, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1904; Ph.D., 1908). From 1910 he taught at Harvard, as professor from 1919. He won…
IRELAND, Andrew Poysell (Andy), a Representative from Florida; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, August 23, 1930; attended private schools in Cincinnati; graduated, Phillips Academy,…
IRELAND, Andrew Poysell (Andy), a Representative from Florida; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, August 23, 1930; attended private schools in Cincinnati; graduated, Phillips Academy,…
Senate Years of Service: 1789-1791 Party: Anti-Administration MACLAY, William, (brother of Samuel Maclay and uncle of William Plunkett Maclay), a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in New…
(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Abraham Valentine Williams, 1862–1937, American Orientalist, b. New York City. Teaching at Columbia (1895–1935), he was a great authority on ancient Persian religion, language…
