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Hitchcock, Henry-Russell

(Encyclopedia) Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903–87, American architectural historian, b. Boston. Educated at Harvard, Hitchcock taught at Smith College and New York Univ. His writings, which helped to…

Montagu, Elizabeth (Robinson)

(Encyclopedia) Montagu, Elizabeth (Robinson), 1720–1800, English author, one of the bluestockings. She was noted for her wit and beauty, and her London literary salon was frequented by Johnson,…

Overland Park

(Encyclopedia) Overland Park, city (1990 pop. 111,790), Johnson co., NE Kans., a residential suburb of Kansas City; inc. 1960. There is printing and publishing, and the manufacture of apparel,…

Map Library

For printable outline maps, select a state, region, or continent from the dropdown menus below. For more detailed world and state maps, see the Infoplease Atlas.  …

Ray McIntire Biography

inventorBorn: 24 August 1918Best Known as: inventor of extruded polystyrene foam Clarence “Kelly” Johnson invented textruded polystyrene foam which has become a…

Judge Sarah T. Hughes

The Question: Who swore in Lyndon Johnson? The Answer: On Nov. 22, 1963, after President Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Vice President Johnson and Jackie…

Todd TIAHRT, Congress, KS (1951)

TIAHRT, Todd, a Representative from Kansas; born in Vermillion, Clay County, S.Dak., June 15, 1951; attended South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, S.Dak.; B.A., Evangel…

James (Jim) RAMSTAD, Congress, MN (1946)

RAMSTAD, James (Jim), a Representative from Minnesota; born in Jamestown, Stutsman County, N.D., May 6, 1946; B.A., University of Minnesota, 1968; J.D., George Washington University Law School…

Sitting Bull Biography

Sioux chiefBorn: c.1831Birthplace: on Grand River, S.D. Sitting Bull was a Sioux warrior of the Hunkpapa Lakota tribe. He fought his first battle at age fourteen and quickly became known for his…