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Hampton Roads Peace Conference

(Encyclopedia) Hampton Roads Peace Conference, meeting held on Feb. 3, 1865, on board the Union transport River Queen in Hampton Roads, Va., with the object of ending the Civil War. President Lincoln…

Joseph Hampton MOORE, Congress, PA (1864-1950)

MOORE, Joseph Hampton, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Woodbury, Gloucester County, N.J., March 8, 1864; attended the common schools; studied law; reporter on the Philadelphia…

Robert Hampton STEELE, Congress, CT (1938)

STEELE, Robert Hampton, a Representative from Connecticut; born in Hartford, Conn., November 3, 1938; attended the Wethersfield, Conn., public schools; B.A., Amherst College, Mass., 1960; M.A…

Whipple, Fred Lawrence

(Encyclopedia) Whipple, Fred Lawrence, 1906–2004, American astronomer, b. Red Oak, Iowa. After graduating from the Univ. of California, Berkeley (Ph.D. 1931), he accepted a position at Harvard, where…

Rogers, Fred McFeely

(Encyclopedia) Rogers, Fred McFeely, 1928–2003, American children's television personality, b. Latrobe, Pa. Rogers began working in television immediately after he graduated (1951) from Rollins…

Hampton National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia) Hampton National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).

David Hampton PRYOR, Congress, AR (1934)

Senate Years of Service: 1979-1997Party: DemocratPRYOR, David Hampton, (father of Mark Pryor), a Representative and a Senator from Arkansas; born in Camden, Ouachita County, Ark., August 29,…

Oliver Hampton SMITH, Congress, IN (1794-1859)

Senate Years of Service: 1837-1843Party: WhigSMITH, Oliver Hampton, a Representative and a Senator from Indiana; born on Smith’s Island, near Trenton, N.J., October 23, 1794; attended the…

Wendell Hampton FORD, Congress, KY (1924)

Senate Years of Service: 1974-1999Party: DemocratFORD, Wendell Hampton, a Senator from Kentucky; born near Owensboro, Daviess County, Ky., September 8, 1924; attended the public schools of…

Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory

(Encyclopedia) Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, astronomical observatory located 35 mi (56 km) S of Tucson, Ariz., at an altitude of 8,500 ft (2,590 m). It is operated jointly by the Smithsonian…