actorBorn: 3/17/1951Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts Though Russell started acting as a child and was signed up to a 10-year contract by Walt Disney himself, he planned to make professional…
(Encyclopedia) Russell of Killowen, Charles Russell, BaronRussell of Killowen, Charles Russell, Baronkĭlōˈən [key], 1832–1900, British jurist, b. Ireland. He practiced law in Belfast and London…
writerBorn: 3/28/1940Birthplace: Newton, Mass. Banks's hardscrabble working-class childhood in New Hampshire and Eastern Massachusetts has played a major role in shaping his writing. The eldest of…
(Encyclopedia) Russell, Mary Annette (Beauchamp) Russell, Countess, pseud. Elizabeth, 1866–1941, English novelist, b. Sydney, Australia; cousin of Katherine Mansfield. In 1890 she married Count…
(Encyclopedia) Russell, Bill (William Felton Russell), 1934–, American basketball player, b. Monroe, La. Named an All-American while on the Univ. of San Francisco team, he played on the gold-medal-…
(Encyclopedia) Sage, Russell, 1815–1906, American financier, b. Oneida co., N.Y. He was successful in the grocery business in Troy, N.Y. Active in public affairs, he became (1845) alderman of Troy…
(Encyclopedia) Sturgis, RussellSturgis, Russellstûrˈjĭs [key], 1836–1909, American architect and writer, b. Baltimore co., Md., grad. College of the City of New York, 1856. He practiced architecture…
Senate Years of Service: 1851-1861Party: DemocratMALLORY, Stephen Russell, (father of Stephen Russell Mallory [1848-1907]), a Senator from Florida; born in Trinidad, West Indies, about 1813;…
FRAZER, Victor O., a Delegate from Virgin Islands; born in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I., May 24, 1943; graduated Charlotte Amalie High School; B.A., Fisk University, 1964; J.D., Howard…
(Encyclopedia) Russell, Charles Marion, 1864–1926, American painter, b. Oak Hill, Mo. He was one of the two greatest and most popular painters of the American West (the other was Frederic Remington…
