Born: 1900Birthplace: Cullom, Ill. Apparatus for testing acidity—Beckman founded Beckman Instruments, Inc. in 1935 with the development of a pH meter for measuring acidity and alkalinity. He also…
Born: 1930Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minn. Stain blocker for fabric (Scotchgard™)—Chemist Patsy Sherman discovered an oil- and water-resistant fabric treatment quite by accident while working for 3M…
producerBorn: 5/10/1902Birthplace: Pittsburgh Hollywood producer and magnate who was the driving force behind Gone With the Wind (1939). After working for Paramount, RKO, and MGM, he formed…
(Encyclopedia) Orr, James Lawrence, 1822–73, American politician, b. Craytonville, S.C. He served in the South Carolina legislature (1844–48) and in the U.S. House of Representatives (1849–59), where…
(Encyclopedia) Whipple, Fred Lawrence, 1906–2004, American astronomer, b. Red Oak, Iowa. After graduating from the Univ. of California, Berkeley (Ph.D. 1931), he accepted a position at Harvard, where…
LAWRENCE, Abbott, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Groton, Mass., December 16, 1792; attended Groton Academy; became a merchant and importer in Boston; member of the Boston Common…
(Encyclopedia) Walton, Ernest Thompson Sinton, 1903–95, Irish physicist, educated at Methodist College (Belfast), Trinity College (Dublin), and Cambridge. He became a fellow of Trinity College in…
(Encyclopedia) Saint Lawrence, Gulf of, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.100,000 sq mi (259,000 sq km), SE Canada, extending c.250 mi (400 km) from the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River to Newfoundland…
LAWRENCE, Effingham, (cousin of Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence), a Representative from Louisiana; born in Bayside, near Flushing, Long Island, N.Y., March 2, 1820; attended schools in Bayside and…
(Encyclopedia) Klein, Lawrence Robert, 1920–2013, American economist, b. Omaha, Nebr., Ph.D Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1944. He was active in academia, government, and private research…
