(Encyclopedia) Arsonval, Arsène d'Arsonval, Arsène d'ärsĕnˈ därsôNvälˈ [key], 1851–1940, French physicist and physician. He worked under Claude Bernard and under C. E. Brown-Séquard (whom he…
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CAMPBELL, John Pierce, Jr., a Representative from Kentucky; born near Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky., December 8, 1820; pursued an academic course; studied law; was admitted to the bar in…
(Encyclopedia) Van Vechten, CarlVan Vechten, Carlvăn vĕkˈtən [key], 1880–1964, American music critic, novelist, and photographer, b. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, grad. Univ. of Chicago, 1903. While he was a…
GRANAHAN, William Thomas, (husband of Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 26, 1895; attended parochial schools and La Salle…
Broadway couple who reigned for 55 years by David Johnson Called the greatest husband and wife team in theater history, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne appeared in their first play…
MORAN, James P., a Representative from Virginia; born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., May 16, 1945; B.A., College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass., 1967; attended the Bernard Baruch School…
DICK, John, (father of Samuel Bernard Dick), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Pa., June 17, 1794; moved with his parents to Meadville, Pa., in December of that year;…
