(Encyclopedia) Brustein, Robert Sanford, 1927–, American educator and drama critic, b. New York City. As dean of the Yale Univ. Drama School (1966–78), he made it one of the major American training…
(Encyclopedia) Plumptre, Edward HayesPlumptre, Edward Hayesplŭmpˈtrē [key], 1821–91, English clergyman and classical scholar. At King's College, London, he was chaplain (1847–68), professor of…
(Encyclopedia) Wigmore, John Henry, 1863–1943, American legal educator, b. San Francisco, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1883; M.A. and LL.B., 1887). He taught (1889–92) Anglo-American law at Keio-Gijuku Univ…
(Encyclopedia) Williston, Samuel Wendell, 1851–1918, American paleontologist and entomologist, b. Boston, grad. Kansas State Agricultural College (B.S., 1872) and Yale (M.D., 1880; Ph.D., 1885). He…
(Encyclopedia) Woodbridge, Frederick James Eugene, 1867–1940, American philosopher, b. Windsor, Ont., grad. Amherst, 1889, and Union Theological Seminary, 1892, and studied (1892–94) at the Univ. of…
(Encyclopedia) Warren, John, 1753–1815, American surgeon, b. Roxbury, Mass.; grad. Harvard, 1771; brother of Joseph Warren. A leading surgeon of his time in New England, he served in the Revolution…
(Encyclopedia) Whitgift, JohnWhitgift, Johnhwĭtˈgĭft [key], 1530?–1604, archbishop of Canterbury. He was a fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge. As vice chancellor (1573) he had a leading part in revising…
MOORMAN, Henry DeHaven, a Representative from Kentucky; born on a farm near Glen Dean, Breckinridge County, Ky., June 9, 1880; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar…
RHODES, John Jacob, (father of John Jacob Rhodes III), a Representative from Arizona; born in Council Grove, Morris County, Kans., September 18, 1916; attended the public schools; graduated…
HOGG, Charles Edgar, (father of Robert Lynn Hogg), a Representative from West Virginia; born on a farm near Point Pleasant, Mason County, Va. (now West Virginia), December 21, 1852; attended…
