(Encyclopedia) Lawrence, Ernest Orlando, 1901–58, American physicist, b. Canton, S. Dak., grad. Univ. of South Dakota, 1922, Ph.D. Yale, 1925. Affiliated with the Univ. of California from 1928 onward…
Born: 1901Birthplace: Canton, So. Dakota Method and apparatus for the acceleration of ions—Lawrence's cyclotron enabled him to study the structure of the atom, transmute certain elements, and…
(Encyclopedia) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, scientific research centers run by the Univ. of California, located in Berkeley, Calif., and Livermore…
(Encyclopedia) Meissonier, Jean Louis ErnestMeissonier, Jean Louis ErnestzhäN lwē ĕrnĕstˈ māsônyāˈ [key], 1815–91, French genre and military painter. His study of the Dutch masters was evident in his…
(Encyclopedia) Lawrence. 1 City (1990 pop. 26,763), Marion co., central Ind., a residential suburb of Indianapolis, on the West Fork of the White River. It has light manufacturing.
2 City (1990 pop.…
aeronautical engineerBorn: 1921 After earning a B.S. and an M.S. in aeronautical engineering, O. S. “Ozzie” Williams became the first African American hired by Republic Aviation, where he served as…
(Encyclopedia) Reyer, ErnestReyer, Ernestĕrnĕstˈ rāyĕrˈ [key], 1823–1909, French composer and critic, whose name originally was Louis Étienne Ernest Rey. Largely self-taught, he was strongly…
(Encyclopedia) Ernest I, 1784–1844, duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (see under Saxe-Coburg); brother of Leopold I of Belgium, uncle of Queen Victoria of England, and father of Victoria's consort, Prince…
vinterDied: March 6, 2007 (Modesto, California) Best Known as: vintner With little more than a high-school education, Gallo created one of the worldâs…
(Encyclopedia) O. Henry, pseud. of William Sydney Porter, 1862–1910, American short-story writer, b. Greensboro, N.C. He went to Texas in 1882 and worked at various jobs—as teller in an Austin bank (…
