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Graham, Philip Leslie

(Encyclopedia) Graham, Philip Leslie, 1915–63, American publisher, b. S.Dak. After editing the Harvard Law Review, he served as a law clerk to his mentor, Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. In…

Sutherland, Graham

(Encyclopedia) Sutherland, Graham, 1903–80, English painter. Sutherland began his career as a painter at 35 and gained international acclaim with his paintings of war devastation. Among his major…

Graham of Claverhouse

(Encyclopedia) Graham of Claverhouse: see Dundee, John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount.

Greene, Graham

(Encyclopedia) Greene, Graham (Henry Graham Greene), 1904–91, English novelist and playwright. Although most of his works combine elements of the detective story, the spy thriller, and the…

Graham, Katharine Meyer

(Encyclopedia) Graham, Katharine Meyer, 1917–2001, American publisher, b. New York City, grad. Univ. of Chicago (1938). She first worked as a copy girl at the Washington Post, which was owned by her…

Franklin, Benjamin

(Encyclopedia) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706–90, American statesman, printer, scientist, and writer, b. Boston. The only American of the colonial period to earn a European reputation as a natural…

Graham Land

(Encyclopedia) Graham Land, part of the Antarctic Peninsula, W Antarctica. This ice-covered, mountainous area was thought to be a group of islands but further exploration (1934) showed it to be…

Graham J. Durant

Born: 1934Birthplace: Newport, England Antiulcer compounds and compositions—Durant, Emmett and Ganellin discovered the drug cimetidine (trade name Tagamet) which inhibits the production of stomach…

Franklin, William

(Encyclopedia) Franklin, William, c.1730–1813, last royal governor of New Jersey; illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin. He grew up in Philadelphia, served in King George's War, and was (1754–56)…

Sumner, William Graham

(Encyclopedia) Sumner, William Graham, 1840–1910, American sociologist and political economist, b. Paterson, N.J., grad. Yale, 1863, and studied in Germany, in Switzerland, and at Oxford. He was…