(Encyclopedia) Milman, Henry Hart, 1791–1868, English clergyman, poet, and historian, dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, from 1849. He was the author of several dramatic poems as well as some…
(Encyclopedia) nuncio, apostolicnuncio, apostolicnŭnˈshēō [key], resident legate of the Holy See at the capital of a temporal government. Nuncios are in most of the countries with which the Holy See…
(Encyclopedia) Kelley, Edgar Stillman, 1857–1944, American composer and critic, b. Sparta, Wis., studied in Chicago and at the Stuttgart Conservatory. He taught (1901–2) at Yale, replacing Horatio…
(Encyclopedia) Bowne, Borden ParkerBowne, Borden Parkerboun [key], 1847–1910, American philosopher, b. Monmouth co., N.J. In 1876 he became head of the department of philosophy at Boston Univ. and…
(Encyclopedia) Whipple, George Hoyt, 1878–1976, American pathologist, b. Ashland, N.H., M.D. Johns Hopkins, 1905. He taught at Johns Hopkins (1909–14) and at the Univ. of California (1914–21) and was…
(Encyclopedia) Black, Greene Vardiman, 1836–1915, American dentist, b. Scott co., Ill. Professor at Chicago College of Dental Surgery (now part of Loyola Univ.) from 1883 to 1889 and professor (from…
(Encyclopedia) Raoult, François MarieRaoult, François MariefräNswäˈ märēˈ rä&oomacr;lzˈ [key], 1830–1901, French physicist and chemist. He was professor (from 1870) and dean (from 1889) of the…
scholar, economistBorn: 1943Birthplace: Montclair, N.J. A bi-coastal economist specializing in the study of dynamic competition and the economics of information, he taught at Stanford University (…
(Encyclopedia) Hodges, George, 1856–1919, American Episcopal clergyman, b. Rome, N.Y. While at Calvary Church, Pittsburgh (1881–94), he attracted attention by the quality of his preaching. He was an…
(Encyclopedia) Good, James Isaac, 1850–1924, American clergyman of the German Reformed Church, b. York, Pa. He held pastorates in York, Philadelphia, and Reading, Pa., and in 1890 he became professor…