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china clay

(Encyclopedia) china clay, one of the purest of the clays, composed chiefly of the mineral kaolinite usually formed when granite is changed by hydrothermal metamorphism. Usage of the terms china clay…

clay pan

(Encyclopedia) clay pan: see hardpan.

Anne Clay Crenshaw

advocate of women's voting rightsBorn: 1859Birthplace: Richmond, Ky. Clay Crenshaw hosted the first meeting of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia. Eighteen women met in Crenshaw's Richmond, Va…

Clay, Lucius DuBignon

(Encyclopedia) Clay, Lucius DuBignonClay, Lucius DuBignondəbĭnˈyən, dübēnyôNˈ [key], 1897–1978, American general, b. Marietta, Ga. A graduate of West Point and an engineering officer, he held many…

David Aiken REED, Congress, PA (1880-1953)

Senate Years of Service: 1922-1935Party: RepublicanREED, David Aiken, a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Pa., December 21, 1880; attended private schools; graduated from…

Clay, Clement Claiborne

(Encyclopedia) Clay, Clement Claiborne, 1816–82, U.S. Senator (1853–61), b. Huntsville, Ala. A legislator and then a judge in his native state, he was twice elected to the U.S. Senate and became an…

Clay, Cassius Marcellus

(Encyclopedia) Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810–1903, American politician and diplomat, b. Madison co., Ky. Although he came from a slaveholding family, Clay early came to abhor the institution of…

Clay Westfall Mering Biography

philanthropistBorn: Birthplace: Fort Bragg, North CarolinaBest Known as: established the Black Studies endowment fund In December 2007, Clay Mering established a $25,000…

Memorable Olympic Moments: Cassius Clay

Before Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay achieved Olympic glory by Gerry Brown Cassius Clay as a light heavyweight (second to right), flanked by medallists Wilbert McClure and Edward…