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Vogüé, Eugène Marie Melchior, vicomte de

(Encyclopedia) Vogüé, Eugène Marie Melchior, vicomte deVogüé, Eugène Marie Melchior, vicomte deözhĕnˈ märēˈ mĕlkyôrˈ vēkôNtˈ də vôgüāˈ [key], 1848–1910, French critic. He fought in the Franco-…

Woodbridge, Frederick James Eugene

(Encyclopedia) Woodbridge, Frederick James Eugene, 1867–1940, American philosopher, b. Windsor, Ont., grad. Amherst, 1889, and Union Theological Seminary, 1892, and studied (1892–94) at the Univ. of…

Genovese, Eugene Dominick

(Encyclopedia) Genovese, Eugene Dominick, 1930–2012, American historian, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Brooklyn College (B.A., 1953), Columbia (M.A., 1955; Ph.D., 1959). Known for his penetrating studies…

Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel

(Encyclopedia) Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène EmmanuelViollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuelözhĕnˈ ĕmänüĕlˈ vyôlāˈ-lə-dük [key], 1814–79, French architect and writer. He was the most prominent exponent of the…

Lamb, Willis Eugene, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Lamb, Willis Eugene, Jr., 1913–2008, American physicist, b. Los Angeles, Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1938. Lamb was a professor at Columbia (1938–51), Stanford (1951–56),…

Rostow, Eugene Victor Debs

(Encyclopedia) Rostow, Eugene Victor Debs, 1913–2002, U.S. lawyer, educator, and government official, brother of Walt Whitman Rostow, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. Admitted to the bar in 1938, Rostow joined the…

Eugene Chung

Born: June 14, 1969Football OL first player of Asian descent to be selected in the first round of the NFL draft (1992, 13th overall by New England); All-Big East Conference selection at Virginia…

Eugene Houdry

Born: 1892Birthplace: Domont, France Liquid fuels—Up until World War I enough gasoline was produced from crude oil by distillation. Cracking fuel oil, another product of distillation, was necessary…

Levi P. Morton

banker, political figureBorn: 5/16/1824Birthplace: Shoreham, Vt. Having built a small fortune working in a country store in Hanover, New Hampshire, he went on to become a merchant in Boston. He…