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Television Hall of Fame

Each year, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences inducts up to seven people or programs to the Television Hall of Fame. Here are the past…

Philip Henry STOLL, Congress, SC (1874-1958)

STOLL, Philip Henry, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Little Rock, Marion (now Dillon) County, S.C., November 5, 1874; attended the public schools; was graduated from Wofford…

Richards, Gordon

(Encyclopedia) Richards, Gordon, 1904–86, British jockey. He began as a stable apprentice in 1919. From the mid-1920s until his retirement in 1954, he was the championship jockey of England 26 times…

Rheinsberg

(Encyclopedia) RheinsbergRheinsbergrīnsˈbĕrk [key], town, Potsdam dist., NE Germany. It is a tourist and manufacturing center. The rococo palace in Rheinsberg was the residence (1736–40) of Crown…

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of historical biographiesBorn: 1/4/1943Birthplace: Rockville Centre, New York Goodwin has won wide praise for her meticulous, in-depth research and her ability to…

David DAVIS, Congress, IL (1815-1886)

Senate Years of Service: 1877-1883Party: IndependentDAVIS, David, (cousin of Henry Winter Davis), a Senator from Illinois; born near Cecilton, Cecil County, Md., March 9, 1815; attended the…

Schuyler COLFAX, Congress, IN (1823-1885)

COLFAX, Schuyler, a Representative from Indiana and a Vice President of the United States; born in New York City March 23, 1823; attended the common schools; in 1836 moved with his parents to…

Edward Oliver WOLCOTT, Congress, CO (1848-1905)

Senate Years of Service: 1889-1901Party: RepublicanWOLCOTT, Edward Oliver, a Senator from Colorado; born in Long Meadow, Hampden County, Mass., March 26, 1848; attended the common schools;…