(Encyclopedia) Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879–1958, American novelist and juvenile writer, b. Lawrence, Kans., grad. Ohio State, 1899, Ph.D. Columbia, 1904. Her novels include The Bent Twig (1915),…
(Encyclopedia) Hepburn, Alonzo Barton, 1846–1922, American legislator and banker, b. Colton, St. Lawrence co., N.Y. He served (1875–80) in the New York state legislature and became chairman of the…
(Encyclopedia) Bacheller, IrvingBacheller, Irvingbăchˈələr [key], 1859–1950, American novelist, b. Pierpont, N.Y., grad. St. Lawrence Univ., 1882. In 1884 he founded the first newspaper syndicate in…
(Encyclopedia) Welland Ship Canal, 27.6 mi (44.4 km) long, SE Ont., Canada, connecting Lake Ontario with Lake Erie and bypassing Niagara Falls. Built between 1914 and 1932 by Canada to replace a…
(Encyclopedia) BetsiamitesBetsiamitesbĕtˌsēämĭtˈ [key] or BersimisBersimisbĕrˌsĭmēˈ [key], river, c.240 mi (390 km) long, rising in the highlands of E Que., Canada, and flowing SE into the St.…
What Should You Bring to a Formal Proof?GeometryTaking the Burden out of ProofsThe Law of DetachmentThe Importance of Being DirectProof by Contradiction: The Advantage of Being IndirectThe Given…
(Encyclopedia) Robinson, Charles, 1818–94, American politician, first governor of the state of Kansas (1861–63), b. Hardwick, Mass. He studied medicine and in 1849 he joined the gold rush to…
DUNN, George Grundy, a Representative from Indiana; born in Washington County, Ky., December 20, 1812; moved to Monroe County, Ind.; completed preparatory studies and attended the Indiana…
JOHNSON, Adna Romulus, a Representative from Ohio; born in Sweet Springs, Saline County, Mo., December 14, 1860; moved with his mother to a farm in Lawrence County, Ohio, in 1864; attended the…
RICE, John McConnell, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Prestonsburg, Floyd County, Ky., February 19, 1831; received a limited schooling; was graduated from a Louisville law school in…