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Day Lewis, C.

(Encyclopedia) Day Lewis, C. (Cecil Day Lewis), 1904–72, English author, b. Ireland. While he was still at Oxford, he became associated with a group of leftist poets led by W. H. Auden. After…

Walker, Madam C. J.

(Encyclopedia) Walker, Madam C. J., 1867–1919, African-American entrepeneur, b. Delta, La., as Sarah Breedlove. Thought to be America's first black female millionaire, this daughter of ex-slaves was…

Harry REID, Congress, NV (1939)

Senate Years of Service: 1987-Party: DemocratREID, Harry, a Senator and a Representative from Nevada; born in Searchlight, Nev., December 2, 1939; graduated, Southern Utah State College 1959,…

Katherine HARRIS, Congress, FL (1957)

HARRIS, Katherine, a Representative from Florida; born in Key West, Monroe County, Fla., April 5, 1957; attended University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 1978; B.A., Agnes Scott College, Decatur,…

Snow, C. P.

(Encyclopedia) Snow, C. P. (Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow of Leicester), 1905–80, English author and physicist. Snow had an active, varied career, including several important positions in the…