(Encyclopedia) Hodgkin, Sir Alan Lloyd, 1914–98, English biophysicist. For their work in analyzing the electrical and chemical events in nerve-cell discharge, he and Andrew Huxley shared with Sir…
Senate Years of Service: 1971-1993Party: DemocratBENTSEN, Lloyd Millard, Jr., (uncle of Ken Bentsen), a Representative and a Senator from Texas; born in Mission, Tex., February 11, 1921;…
DOGGETT, Lloyd Alton, II, a Representative from Texas; born in Austin, Travis County, Tex., October 6, 1946; B.A., University of Texas, Austin, Tex., 1967; J.D., University of Texas School of Law,…
LOWNDES, Lloyd, Jr., a Representative from Maryland; born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, Va. (now West Virginia), February 21, 1845; attended the common schools; was graduated from Allegheny…
(Encyclopedia) Edward V, 1470–83?, king of England (1483), elder son of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville. His father's death (1483) left the boy king the pawn of the conflicting ambitions of his…
(Encyclopedia) Edward, Lake, or Edward NyanzaEdward, Lake,nīănˈzə, nē– [key] 830 sq mi (2,150 sq km), in the Great Rift Valley, central Africa, on the Congo-Uganda border. It lies at an altitude of c…
BRYCE, Lloyd Stephens, a Representative from New York; born in Flushing, Queens County, N.Y., September 4, 1851; attended the public schools and Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.; was…
(Encyclopedia) Edward II, 1284–1327, king of England (1307–27), son of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile, called Edward of Carnarvon for his birthplace in Wales.
When trouble threatened with the new…
(Encyclopedia) Lloyd, Seton Howard Frederick, 1902–96, English archaeologist. Trained originally as an architect, he gained his first archaeological experience in 1928 as a member of the Egypt…
WHITTEN, Jamie Lloyd, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Cascilla, Tallahatchie County, Miss., April 18, 1910; attended the public schools and the literary and law departments of the…
