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Green, Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Green, Samuel, 1615–1702, early American printer. He established himself at Cambridge, Mass., in 1649, using a press owned by Henry Dunster, the first president of Harvard. Green…

Green, Henry

(Encyclopedia) Green, Henry, pseud. of Henry Vincent Yorke, 1905–73, English novelist. Born to an aristocratic family, he was the longtime managing director of his family's industrial engineering…

Green, William

(Encyclopedia) Green, William, 1872–1952, American labor leader, president of the American Federation of Labor (1924–1952), b. Coshocton, Ohio. He rose through the ranks of the United Mine Workers of…

Green, Bartholomew

(Encyclopedia) Green, Bartholomew, 1666–1732, early American printer, b. Cambridge, Mass.; the son of Samuel Green. He inherited his father's press in Cambridge in 1692 and moved it to Boston. He had…

The Green Card

Your ticket to becoming a lawful permanent resident of the United States The new Permanent Resident Card, or "Green Card" Related Links Immigrants by…

Green Mountains

(Encyclopedia) Green Mountains, range of the Appalachian Mts., extending 250 mi (402 km) from north to south and extending from S Que., Canada to Vt. Mt. Mansfield, 4,393 ft (1,339 m) high, in…

Bowling Green

(Encyclopedia) Bowling Green. 1 City (2020 pop. 181,616), seat of Warren co., S Ky., on the Barren River; inc. 1812. It is a shipping and marketing…

Chuck Green

(Charles Green)tap dancerBorn: 1919Birthplace: Fitzgerald, Georgia Beloved by audiences, Chuck Green was one of the foremost American tap dancers. As a child he stuck bottle caps to his feet with…

Green, George

(Encyclopedia) Green, George, 1793–1841, English mathematician and physicist. He was largely self-taught until, in 1833, he entered Caius College, Cambridge. In addition to making a number of…

Green, Julian

(Encyclopedia) Green, Julian or Julien, 1900–1998, French writer, b. Paris, of American parentage. Except for the years from 1918 to 1922 and from 1940 to 1945, Green lived in France. His 18 novels,…