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Stuart, James Ewell Brown

(Encyclopedia) Stuart, James Ewell Brown (Jeb Stuart), 1833–64, Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War, b. Patrick co., Va. Most of his U.S. army service was with the 1st Cavalry in…

Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald

(Encyclopedia) Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald, 1881–1955, British anthropologist. He did fieldwork in the Andaman Islands and in Australia. Radcliffe-Brown fostered the development of social…

Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa (Brown)

(Encyclopedia) Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa (Brown), 1825–1921, American Unitarian minister, b. Henrietta, N.Y., grad. Oberlin College, 1847, and Oberlin Theological Seminary, 1850. One of the first…

Brown, Charles Quinton, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Brown, Charles Quinton, Jr., 1962–, American air force general, b. San Antonio, Tex., B.S Texas Tech Univ., 1984, M.S. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., 1994. An ROTC graduate, he was…

sherry

(Encyclopedia) sherry [from Jérez], naturally dry fortified wine, pale amber to brown in tint. The term sherry originally referred to wines made from grapes grown in the region of Jérez de la…

Anson BROWN, Congress, NY (1800-1840)

BROWN, Anson, a Representative from New York; born in Charlton, Saratoga County, N.Y., in 1800; attended the public schools, and was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1819;…

Arthur BROWN, Congress, UT (1843-1906)

Senate Years of Service: 1896-1897Party: RepublicanBROWN, Arthur, a Senator from Utah; born near Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., March 8, 1843; attended the common schools and graduated…