(Encyclopedia) Smoot, George Fitzgerald, 3dSmoot, George Fitzgerald, 3dsm&oomacr;t [key], 1945–, American astrophysicist, b. Jacksonville, Fl., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1970.…
(Encyclopedia) Husserl, EdmundHusserl, Edmundĕtˈm&oobreve;nt h&oobreve;sˈərl [key], 1859–1938, German philosopher, founder of the phenomenological movement (see phenomenology). He was…
Senate Years of Service: 1953-1960Party: DemocratKENNEDY, John Fitzgerald, (brother of Edward M. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, grandson of John Francis Fitzgerald, and uncle of Joseph Patrick…
(Encyclopedia) Beale, Edward Fitzgerald, 1822–93, American frontiersman, b. District of Columbia. During the Mexican War, Beale was in California, where he aided Stephen W. Kearny in the battle of…
(Encyclopedia) Gunter, Edmund, 1581–1626, English mathematician and astronomer, educated at Westminster School, London, and Christ Church, Oxford. He invented (1618) a small portable quadrant and…
Senate Years of Service: 1999-2005Party: RepublicanFITZGERALD, Peter G., a Senator from Illinois; born on October 20, 1960, in Elgin, Illinois, and raised in Inverness, Illinois; attended St.…
Senate Years of Service: 1848-1849Party: DemocratFITZGERALD, Thomas, a Senator from Michigan; born in Germantown, Herkimer County, N.Y., April 10, 1796; pursued an academic course; served and…
(Encyclopedia) Randolph, Edmund, 1753–1813, American statesman, b. Williamsburg, Va.; nephew of Peyton Randolph. He studied law under his father, John Randolph, a Loyalist who went to England at the…
