actor, directorBorn: 6/22/1944Birthplace: Bad Aussee, Austria A successful international star, he first gained acclaim for his performance as an ambitious young actor in Mephisto (1981). He has…
actress, modelBorn: 8/14/1966Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio Oscar-winning actress who as a high school cheerleader and beauty queen was the first African American to represent the United States in the…
(Encyclopedia) Washington, Martha, 1731–1802, wife of George Washington, b. New Kent co., Va. The daughter of John Dandridge and Frances Jones Dandridge, she first married (1749) Daniel Parke Custis…
BRABSON, Reese Bowen, (uncle of Charles Keith Bell), a Representative from Tennessee; born at Brabsons Ferry, near Knoxville, Tenn., September 16, 1817; attended the Dandridge Academy,…
RANDOLPH, James Henry, a Representative from Tennessee; born near Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tenn., October 18, 1825; attended New Market Academy and was graduated from Holston College, New…
Mayor: Frank G. Jackson (to Jan. 2017)2010 census population (rank): 396,815 (45); Male: 190,285 (48.0%); Female: 206,530 (52.0%); White: 147,929 (37.3%); Black: 211,672 (53.3%); American Indian…
by L. Frank Baum
DOROTHY LIVED IN THE MIDST of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife. Their house…
McFARLAND, William, a Representative from Tennessee; born at Springvale Farm, near Morristown, Jefferson (now Hamblen) County, Tenn., September 15, 1821; attended the common schools and…
BEDINGER, George Michael, (uncle of Henry Bedinger), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Hanover, York County, Pa., December 10, 1756; attended an English school; moved to Virginia about…
(Encyclopedia) Wordsworth, William, 1770–1850, English poet, b. Cockermouth, Cumberland. One of the great English poets, he was a leader of the romantic movement in England.
Wordsworth's…
