electrical engineerBorn: 1867Birthplace: Newton, Mass. Stone met his lifelong friend and partner, Edwin Webster, while they were studying electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of…
judge, historianBorn: 2/25/1928Birthplace: Trenton, New Jersey Higginbotham graduated from Antioch College in 1949 and Yale Law School in 1952. After working as an assistant district attorney in…
Entrepreneur, railroad and steamship executiveBorn: October 27, 1819Birthplace: Branford, Conn. Henry Plant grew up in Connecticut. Rather than attend college as his family had hoped, he became a…
(Encyclopedia) Ireland, William Henry, 1777–1835, English forger of Shakespearean documents and manuscripts. Besides forging deeds and signatures relating to Shakespeare, Ireland fabricated two plays…
(Encyclopedia) Erlenmeyer, Richard A. C. E.Erlenmeyer, Richard A. C. E.ĕrˈlənmīˌər [key], 1825–1909, German chemist. He studied at Giessen under Justus von Liebig and at Heidelberg under Friedrich…
(Encyclopedia) Becque, Henry FrançoisBecque, Henry FrançoisäNrēˈ fräNswäˈ bĕk [key], 1837–99, French dramatist. His plays, which portrayed Parisian life in realistic detail, influenced French…
(Encyclopedia) Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., 1950–, American scholar and critic, b. Keyser, W.Va., B.A. Yale, 1973, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1979, where he studied with Wole Soyinka. Gates is an expert on African…
(Encyclopedia) Latrobe, Benjamin Henry (Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe)Latrobe, Benjamin Henrylətrōbˈ [key], 1764–1820, American architect, b. Yorkshire, England. He is considered the first…
(Encyclopedia) Liddell, Henry GeorgeLiddell, Henry Georgelĭdˈəl [key], 1811–98, English classical scholar. He was headmaster (1846–55) of Westminster School and dean (1855–91) of Christ Church,…
(Encyclopedia) Alden, Henry MillsAlden, Henry Millsôlˈdən [key], 1836–1919, American editor, b. Mt. Tabor, Vt. He was editor of Harper's Magazine from 1869 until his death. A highly religious and…
