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Bonds, Barry Lamar

(Encyclopedia) Bonds, Barry Lamar, 1964–, American baseball player, b. Riverside, Calif. Bonds grew up surrounded by baseball; his father, Bobby Bonds, was a San Francisco Giants outfielder (1968–74…

Barish, Barry Clark

(Encyclopedia) Barish, Barry Clark, 1936–, American experimental physicist, b. Omaha, Nebr. Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1962. Barish has been a professor (emeritus from 2005) at the…

Sharpless, Karl Barry

(Encyclopedia) Sharpless, Karl Barry, 1941–, American chemist, b. Philadelphia, Ph.D. Stanford, 1968. Sharpless was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1970–77 and 1980–90) and…

Barry, Sir Charles

(Encyclopedia) Barry, Sir Charles, 1795–1860, English architect. A leader in the revival of the Renaissance style of architecture in England (also called Anglo-Italian), he designed the Travellers…

St. Leger, Barry

(Encyclopedia) St. Leger, Barry, 1737–89, British officer in the American Revolution. In the French and Indian Wars he served at Louisburg (1758) and with Gen. James Wolfe at Quebec. He was given (…

Jenkins's Ear, War of

(Encyclopedia) Jenkins's Ear, War of, 1739–41, struggle between England and Spain. It grew out of the commercial rivalry of the two powers and led to involvement in the larger War of the Austrian…

Barry Bonds Cast of Characters

Those who surrounded Bonds during his most successful seasons by Mark Zurlo Related Links Barry Bonds Biography Bond's Homerun Record Discredited by Many Steroids Allegedly Used by…

Lynn JENKINS, Congress, KS (1963)

JENKINS, Lynn, a Representative from Kansas; born in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kans.; June 10, 1963; A. A., Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kans., 1985; B. S., Weber State University, Ogden…

Steroids Allegedly Used by Barry Bonds

As detailed in Game of Shadows by Mark Fainaru-Wasa and Lance Williams by Mark Zurlo Related Links Barry Bonds's Biography Bond's Homerun Record Discredited by Many Barry Bonds…

Lemuel JENKINS, Congress, NY (1789-1862)

JENKINS, Lemuel, a Representative from New York; born in Bloomingburg, Sullivan County, N.Y., October 20, 1789; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the Sullivan County…