(Encyclopedia) Cabot, John, fl. 1461–98, English explorer, probably b. Genoa, Italy. He became a citizen of Venice in 1476 and engaged in the Eastern trade of that city. This experience, it is…
(Encyclopedia) SacajaweaSacajaweasăkˌəjəwēˈə, səkäˌ– [key], SacagaweaSacajawea–gəwēˈə [key], or SakakaweaSacajawea–kəwēˈə [key], c.1788–1812?, Native North American woman who accompanied the Lewis…
(Encyclopedia) Baltimore, DavidBaltimore, Davidbôlˈtĭmôr [key], 1938–, American microbiologist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Rockefeller Univ., 1964. He conducted (1965–68) virology research at the Salk…
(Encyclopedia) Steitz, Thomas Arthur, 1940–2018, American biophysicist and biochemist, b. Milwaukee, Ph.D. Harvard, 1966. Steitz was a professor at Yale from 1970 and a researcher at the Howard…
Arlington National Cemetery occupies 612 acres in Virginia on the Potomac River, directly opposite Washington. This land was part of the estate of John Parke Custis, Martha Washington's son. His…
Senate Years of Service: 1895-1914Party: DemocratBACON, Augustus Octavius, (cousin of William S. Howard), a Senator from Georgia; born in Bryan County, Ga., October 20, 1839; attended the…
Senate Years of Service: 1881-1899; 1903-1906Party: Democrat; DemocratGORMAN, Arthur Pue, a Senator from Maryland; born in Woodstock, Howard County, Md., March 11, 1839; attended the public…
GREEN, Robert Alexis (Lex), a Representative from Florida; born near Lake Butler, Bradford County (now Union County), Fla., February 10, 1892; attended the rural schools; commenced teaching in…
Senate Years of Service: 1814-1816Party: Democratic RepublicanBARRY, William Taylor, a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky; born near Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Va., February 5, 1784…
Senate Years of Service: 1927-1937Party: DemocratBLACK, Hugo Lafayette, a Senator from Alabama; born near Ashland, Clay County, Ala., February 27, 1886; attended the public schools and Ashland…
