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Herbert Alton MEYER, Congress, KS (1886-1950)

MEYER, Herbert Alton, a Representative from Kansas; born in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, August 30, 1886; attended the grade schools, Washington, D.C., the Staunton Military Academy,…

John Carlyle HERBERT, Congress, MD (1775-1846)

HERBERT, John Carlyle, a Representative from Maryland; born in Alexandria, Va., August 16, 1775; received private instruction and was graduated from St. John’s College, Annapolis, Md., in…

Charles Herbert JOYCE, Congress, VT (1830-1916)

JOYCE, Charles Herbert, a Representative from Vermont; born near Andover, England, January 30, 1830; immigrated to the United States in 1836 with his parents, who settled in Waitsfield, Vt.;…

Land, Edwin Herbert

(Encyclopedia) Land, Edwin Herbert, 1909–91, American inventor and photographic pioneer. While at Harvard, Land became interested in the properties and manipulation of polarized light. He left…

Mather, Frank Jewett, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Mather, Frank Jewett, Jr., 1868–1953, American art critic and teacher, b. Deep River, Conn., grad. Williams, 1889, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins, 1892. He taught (1893–1900) at Williams and was…

Herbert Jackson DRANE, Congress, FL (1863-1947)

DRANE, Herbert Jackson, a Representative from Florida; born in Franklin, Simpson County, Ky., June 20, 1863; attended the public schools of Louisville, Ky., and Brevards Academy at Franklin,…

Herbert Ray ROBERTS, Congress, TX (1913-1992)

ROBERTS, Herbert Ray, a Representative from Texas; born in Collin County, near McKinney, Tex., March 28, 1913; graduated from McKinney High School, McKinney, Tex.; attended Texas A.&M.…