ROBINSON, George Dexter, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Lexington, Mass., January 20, 1834; attended Lexington Academy and Hopkins Classical School, Cambridge, Mass., and was…
HOLBROOK, Edward Dexter, a Delegate from Idaho; born in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, May 6, 1836; attended the common schools and Oberlin (Ohio) College; studied law; was admitted to the bar…
furniture designerBorn: 1892Birthplace: London, England Having founded Gordon Russell Ltd. in 1923 to produce furniture, by the 1930s he and his brother Dick (1903–1981) had built a reputation as…
activistBorn: 1918Birthplace: Seattle, Wash. An American of Japanese ancestry, Hirabayashi was a sociology student at the University of Washington in Seattle when World War II broke out. When…
politician, law professor
Born: 7/10/1933
Birthplace: Michigan City, Ind.
Hatcher was elected mayor of Gary, Ind., in 1967, and he remained in office for the next 20 years. A…
founder of the Girl Scouts of AmericaBorn: Oct. 31, 1860Birthplace: Savannah, Ga. Low came from a prominent Savannah, Georgia, family. After being educated at private boarding schools in Virginia…
president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsDied: January 27, 2008Best Known as: president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…
(Encyclopedia) Ekholm, Gordon FrederickEkholm, Gordon Frederickĕkˈhōlm [key], 1909–87, American archaeologist, b. St. Paul, Minn., Ph.D. Harvard, 1941. Working with the American Museum of Natural…
(Encyclopedia) Allport, Gordon W.Allport, Gordon W.ôlˈpôrt [key], 1897–1967, American psychologist, b. Montezuma, Ind. One of the first psychologists to study personality, Allport researched human…
(Encyclopedia) Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English scene designer, producer, and actor. The son of Ellen Terry, Gordon Craig began acting with Henry Irving's Lyceum company (1885–97). Feeling…
