(Encyclopedia) Bedaresi or Bedersi, Yedayah ben AbrahamBedaresi or Bedersi, Yedayah ben Abrahamyĕdīäˈ, bādärāˈsē, bādĕrˈ– [key], 1270–1340, Jewish poet and philosopher, b. Béziers, France. His most…
(Encyclopedia) Bradlee, Ben (Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee), 1921–2014, American newspaper editor and journalist, b. Boston, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1942. After serving in the navy during World War II…
(Encyclopedia) Isserles, Moses ben IsraelIsserles, Moses ben Israelĭsˈərlĕs [key], c.1525–1572, Polish rabbi, annotator, and philosopher, b. Kraków, known as Remah. He is best known for his glosses…
(Encyclopedia) Immanuel ben Solomon, c.1265–c.1330, Hebrew-Italian poet and scholar, b. Rome. He wrote biblical criticism and, in both Hebrew and Italian, satiric verse and lively stories. His work…
(Encyclopedia) Elijah ben Solomon, 1720–97, Jewish scholar, called the Gaon of Vilna, b. Lithuania. A leading Jewish scholar of his time, he opposed the spread of Hasidism in Lithuania and Poland…
QUAYLE, Ben, (son of James Danforth Quayle), a Representative from Arizona; born in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, on November 3, 1976; B.A., Duke University, Durham, N.C., 1998; J.D.,…
Senate Years of Service: 1901-1913Party: DemocratFOSTER, Murphy James, a Senator from Louisiana; born in Franklin, St. Mary Parish, La., January 12, 1849; attended a preparatory school at…
Senate Years of Service: 1855-1857; 1857-1867Party: Opposition; RepublicanFOSTER, Lafayette Sabine, a Senator from Connecticut; born in Franklin, New London County, Conn., November 22, 1806;…
JOHNSON, Ben, a Representative from Kentucky; born near Bardstown, Nelson County, Ky., May 20, 1858; pursued preparatory studies; was graduated from St. Maryâs College, Marion County, Ky.,…
ERDREICH, Ben, a Representative from Alabama; born in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., December 9, 1938; graduated from Shados Valley High School, Birmingham, Ala., 1956; B.A., Yale…