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Brown Deer

(Encyclopedia) Brown Deer, village (2020 pop. 12,507), Milwaukee co., SE Wis., on the Milwaukee River; inc. 1955. It is a residential suburb N of…

Brown, Harold

(Encyclopedia) Brown, Harold, 1927–2019, American nuclear physicist and government official, b. New York City, Ph.D. Columbia, 1949. He joined (1952) the staff of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (…

Brown, John Carter

(Encyclopedia) Brown, John Carter, 1797–1874, American book collector and philanthropist, b. Providence, R.I.; son of Nicholas Brown. In about 1840 he began collecting books printed before 1800…

Charlie Byrd

virtuoso jazz guitaristBorn: 9/16/1925Birthplace: Chuckatuck, Virginia virtuoso jazz guitarist widely credited with bringing Latin America's bossa nova to the United States. His collaboration with…

Charlie Ward

Born: Oct. 12, 1970Football QB and Basketball G first Heisman winner to play for national champs (Florida St. in 1993) since Tony Dorsett in 1976; won Sullivan Award (1993); 3-year starter for FSU…