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Brian P. BILBRAY, Congress, CA (1951)

BILBRAY, Brian P., (cousin of James Hubert Bilbray), a Representative from California; born in Coronado, Calif., January 28, 1951; graduated Mar Vista High School; attended South Western College;…

David WALKER, Congress, KY (1820)

WALKER, David, (brother of George Walker and grandfather of James David Walker), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Brunswick County, Va., birth date unknown; attended public and private…

Medawar, Sir Peter Brian

(Encyclopedia) Medawar, Sir Peter BrianMedawar, Sir Peter Brianmĕdˈəwär [key], 1915–87, British zoologist, b. Brazil. After graduate work at Oxford, he held research and teaching posts there. He was…

Head, Sir Edmund Walker

(Encyclopedia) Head, Sir Edmund Walker, 1805–68, British governor-general of Canada (1854–61), cousin of Sir Francis Bond Head. An Oxford scholar and tutor, he published several books. His success as…

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…

Walker, Sir John Ernest

(Encyclopedia) Walker, Sir John Ernest, 1941–, English biochemist, Ph.D. Oxford, 1969. He has been a researcher at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge since 1974…

Bush, George Herbert Walker

(Encyclopedia) Bush, George Herbert Walker, 1924–2018, 41st President of the United States (1989–93), b. Milton, Mass., B.A., Yale Univ., 1948. Bush's handling of domestic affairs was less…

Richard Walker MALLARY, Congress, VT (1929)

MALLARY, Richard Walker, a Representative from Vermont; born in Springfield, Mass., February 21, 1929; educated at Bradford Academy, Bradford, Vt.; A.B., Dartmouth College, 1949; operated a…