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Russell, Charles Marion

(Encyclopedia) Russell, Charles Marion, 1864–1926, American painter, b. Oak Hill, Mo. He was one of the two greatest and most popular painters of the American West (the other was Frederic Remington…

Russell, Charles Taze

(Encyclopedia) Russell, Charles Taze, 1852–1916, founder of the movement whose followers are known as Russellites, as Bible Students, and (since 1931) as Jehovah's Witnesses, b. Pittsburgh, Pa. There…

Gibson, Charles Dana

(Encyclopedia) Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867–1944, American illustrator, b. Roxbury, Mass., studied at the Art Students League and in Paris. His work for Life, Century, Harper's, Scribner's, Collier's…

Parker, Isaac Charles

(Encyclopedia) Parker, Isaac Charles, 1838–96, American frontier judge, b. Belmont co., Ohio. Self-taught in law, Parker began practice in St. Joseph, Mo., in 1859. He was elected to the U.S. House…

Bonaparte, Charles Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Bonaparte, Charles Joseph, 1851–1921, U.S. cabinet official, b. Baltimore; grandson of Jérôme Bonaparte and Elizabeth Patterson. A lawyer and political leader in Baltimore, he…

Charles III, king of Navarre

(Encyclopedia) Charles III (Charles the Good), 1361–1425, king of Navarre (1387–1425), count of Évreux; son and successor of Charles II. He settled (1404) his inherited differences with France and…

Charles V, Holy Roman emperor

(Encyclopedia) Charles V, 1500–1558, Holy Roman emperor (1519–58) and, as Charles I, king of Spain (1516–56); son of Philip I and Joanna of Castile, grandson of Ferdinand II of Aragón, Isabella of…

Charles Adams MOSHER, Congress, OH (1906-1984)

MOSHER, Charles Adams, a Representative from Ohio; born in Sandwich, DeKalb County, Ill., May 7, 1906; graduated from Sandwich High School, and Oberlin College in 1928; employed on daily…