(Encyclopedia) Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830–93, American politician, b. West Brownsville, Pa.
As Secretary of State, Blaine was particularly energetic in fostering closer relations with the Latin…
EVERHART, James Bowen, (son of William Everhart), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in the Boot, near West Chester, West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pa., July 26, 1821; attended…
DARLINGTON, Edward, (cousin of Isaac Darlington and William Darlington), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in West Chester, Chester County, Pa., September 17, 1795; moved in early youth…
(Encyclopedia) Morton, John, c.1724–1777, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Chester co., Pa. He was a member of the Pennsylvania assembly (…
BUTLER, Thomas Stalker, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Uwchland Township, Chester County, Pa., November 4, 1855; attended the common schools, West Chester State Normal School, and…
(Encyclopedia) Fox, Dixon Ryan, 1887–1945, American historian and educator, b. Potsdam, N.Y. He taught at Columbia from 1912 to 1934, becoming full professor in 1927. From 1934 until his death he was…
(Encyclopedia) Firbank, Ronald (Arthur Annesley Ronald Firbank), 1886–1926, English author. Of a delicate and eccentric nature, Firbank lived the life of a leisured aesthete. His novels, which have…
(Encyclopedia) Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771–1810, American novelist and editor, b. Philadelphia, considered the first professional American novelist. After the publication of Alcuin: A Dialogue (…
(Encyclopedia) Piltdown man, name given to human remains found during excavations (1908–15) at Piltdown, Sussex, England, by Charles Dawson. The find led to much speculation and argument. Since they…
