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Raleigh, Sir Walter

(Encyclopedia) Raleigh or Ralegh, Sir WalterRaleigh or Ralegh, Sir Walterboth: rŏlˈē, rălˈē [key], 1554?–1618, English soldier, explorer, courtier, and man of letters. Raleigh was made governor…

Florence Price DWYER, Congress, NJ (1902-1976)

DWYER, Florence Price, a Representative from New Jersey; born Florence Louise Price, July 4, 1902, in Reading, Berks County, Pa.; attended the public schools in Reading, Pa., and Toledo, Ohio…

Charles Newell FOWLER, Congress, NJ (1852-1932)

FOWLER, Charles Newell, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Lena, Stephenson County, Ill., November 2, 1852; attended the public schools in Lena, Ill., and Beloit College, Beloit, Wis.;…

Hamilton Fish KEAN, Congress, NJ (1862-1941)

Senate Years of Service: 1929-1935Party: RepublicanKEAN, Hamilton Fish, (father of Robert Winthrop Kean, brother of John Kean [1852-1914], and great-grandson of John Kean [1756-1795]), a…

James KEE, Congress, WV (1917-1989)

KEE, James, (son of John Kee and Maude Elizabeth Kee), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Bluefield, Mercer County, W.Va., April 15, 1917; educated in the public schools and Sacred…

Morley, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Morley, Thomas, c.1557–1603, English composer; pupil of William Byrd. He was gentleman of the Chapel Royal to Queen Elizabeth I and organist of St. Paul's Cathedral. He set to music…

Dewdney, Anna

(Encyclopedia) Dewdney, Anna, 1965–2016, American children's book author and illustrator, b. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., as Anna Elizabeth Luhrmann, B.A. Wellesley, 1987. After illustrating adult and…

Theus, Jeremiah

(Encyclopedia) Theus, JeremiahTheus, Jeremiahth&oomacr;s, tois [key], c.1719–1744, American portrait painter, b. Switzerland. He emigrated to South Carolina as a child. By 1740, according to…

Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson

Susannahsurvivor of the AlamoBorn: circa 1814Birthplace: possibly Williamson County, Tenn. Dickinson grew up poor and illiterate. When she was 15, she married Almaron Dickinson, a blacksmith. The…