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Broun, Heywood Campbell

(Encyclopedia) Broun, Heywood CampbellBroun, Heywood Campbellbr&oomacr;n [key], 1888–1939, American newspaper columnist and critic, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. He worked on the New York Tribune (1912–21)…

Bunche, Ralph Johnson

(Encyclopedia) Bunche, Ralph JohnsonBunche, Ralph Johnsonbŭnch [key], 1904–71, U.S. government official and UN diplomat, b. Detroit, Ph.D., Harvard, 1934. He taught political science at Howard Univ…

Burbank, Luther

(Encyclopedia) Burbank, LutherBurbank, Lutherbûrˈbănk [key], 1849–1926, American plant breeder, b. Lancaster, Mass. He experimented with thousands of plant varieties and developed many new ones,…

Carruthers, George Richard

(Encyclopedia) Carruthers, George Richard, 1939-2020, African-American astrophysicist, b. Cincinnati, OH, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (BS,…

Scientists: Life Sciences

Biologists, botanists, geneticists, medical scientists, microbiologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and zoologists Related Links Cloning: Facts and Fallacies Life…

LaVern Ralph DILWEG, Congress, WI (1903-1968)

DILWEG, LaVern Ralph, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Milwaukee, Wis., November 1, 1903; attended the public schools; was graduated from the law department of Marquette University,…

William Newell VAILE, Congress, CO (1876-1927)

VAILE, William Newell, a Representative from Colorado; born in Kokomo, Howard County, Ind., June 22, 1876; moved with his parents to Denver, Colo., in 1881; attended the public schools and was…

Gregory W. MEEKS, Congress, NY (1953)

MEEKS, Gregory W., a Representative from New York; born in East Harlem, New York County, N.Y., September 25, 1953; graduated from Julia Richman High School, New York, N.Y., 1971; B.A., Adelphi…