MOORHEAD, James Kennedy, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Halifax, Dauphin County, Pa., September 7, 1806; attended the common schools; served an apprenticeship at the tannerâs…
(Encyclopedia) Whymper, EdwardWhymper, Edwardhwĭmˈpər [key], 1840–1911, English illustrator and mountain climber, b. London. Sent to Switzerland to make sketches of mountain scenery, he became…
(Encyclopedia) White, Edward Douglass, 1845–1921, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1894–1910), 9th chief justice of the United States (1910–21), b. Lafourche parish, La. He attended the…
(Encyclopedia) Moore, Edward, 1712–57, English dramatist. He wrote two comedies in the sentimental tradition, The Foundling (1748) and Gil Blas (1751), but his reputation as a dramatist rests…
actorBorn: 8/18/1969Birthplace: Columbia, Maryland Norton received both Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for his film debut opposite Richard Gere in Primal Fear (1996). The Yale graduate started…
Senate Years of Service: 1923-1929Party: DemocratEDWARDS, Edward Irving, a Senator from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, N.J., December 1, 1863; attended the Jersey City public schools and New…
KENNEDY, Ambrose Jerome, a Representative from Maryland; born in Baltimore Md., January 6, 1893; attended parochial schools, Calvert Hall College, and Polytechnic Institute in Baltimore, Md.;…
KENNEDY, John Lauderdale, a Representative from Nebraska; born in Ayrshire, Scotland, October 27, 1854; attended the public schools of Scotland; immigrated to the United States and settled in…
KENNEDY, Robert Patterson, a Representative from Ohio; born in Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, January 23, 1840; attended the public schools; commissioned second lieutenant in the Twenty-…
(Encyclopedia) Bassiouni, M. Cherif (Mahmoud Cherif Bassiouni), 1937–2017, Egyptian-American international criminal law jurist and human-rights advocate, b. Cairo. Bassiouni fought for Egypt in the…
