RICHARDS, Jacob, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Chester, Delaware County, Pa., in 1773; was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1794; studied law;…
GARDNER, Joseph, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in Honeybrook Township, Chester County, Pa., in 1752; studied medicine and practiced; raised a company of Volunteers in 1776 and commanded…
(Encyclopedia) Fisher, Geoffrey Francis, 1887–1972, archbishop of Canterbury (1945–61). He was educated at Oxford and ordained a priest in 1913. He served as assistant master of Marlborough College (…
(Encyclopedia) Pippin, Horace, 1888–1946, American primitive painter, b. West Chester, Pa. He worked as a porter, peddler, and warehouseman and never studied art. He was severely wounded in World War…
(Encyclopedia) Welsh Marches, lands in Wales along the English border. After the Norman conquest of England in the 11th cent., William I established the border earldoms of Chester, Shrewsbury, and…
WELDON, Wayne Curtis (Curt), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Marcus Hook, Delaware County, Pa., July 22, 1947; B.A., West Chester State College, West Chester, Pa., 1969; teacher;…
POTTS, David, Jr., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born at Warwick Furnace, about eight miles from Pottstown, Chester County, Pa., November 27, 1794; completed preparatory studies in…
religious leader, historianBorn: 1849Birthplace: Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania Enlisting at 14, Williams fought for the North in the Civil War. In 1874, he became the first Black person to graduate…
TAYLOR, Benjamin Irving, a Representative from New York; born in New York City December 21, 1877; attended the public schools; was graduated from the high school in New Rochelle, N.Y., and…
ANDERSON, William, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Virginia in 1762; attended the common schools; during the Revolutionary War joined the Continental Army at the age of fifteen and…
