lexicographer, publisherBorn: 9/10/1839Birthplace: Clifton, Ohio After 9 years as a Lutheran minister, he later began a business in New York producing materials for ministers. In 1877, A. W.…
zoologistBorn: 1889Birthplace: Clifton Forge, Va. Roger Arliner Young overcame racial and sexual barriers to become the first African-American woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in zoology, which she…
LEWIS, Joseph, Jr., a Representative from Virginia; born in that State in 1772; member of the State house of delegates 1799-1803; elected as a Federalist to the Eighth and to the six…
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(Encyclopedia) Bogle, Jack (John Clifton Bogle)Bogle, Jack [key], 1929–2019, American financial executive, b. Montclair, N.J., grad. Princeton (1951). Going to work for Walter Morgan's Wellington…
Born: April 28, 1928Birthplace: Alexandria, Va.Basketball forward On Oct. 30, 1950, Earl Lloyd became the first African-American to play in a National Basketball Association game. As a member of the…
U.S. president's daughter, author, and singerDied: January 29, 2008 (Chicago, Illinois) Best Known as: President Truman's daughter, best-selling author, and concert singer…
MARTINI, William J., a Representative from New Jersey; born in Passaic, N.J., February 10, 1947; graduated, Passaic High School; B.A., Villanova University, Villanova, Pa., 1968; J.D., Rutgers…
DOWDY, Charles Wayne, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia, July 27, 1943; attended the public schools; graduated from Gulfport High School, Gulfport…
WHITING, Richard Henry, (uncle of Ira Clifton Copley), a Representative from Illinois; born in West Hartford, Conn., January 17, 1826; attended the common schools; moved to Altona, Ill., in…
