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Robert Thompson SECREST, Congress, OH (1904-1994)

SECREST, Robert Thompson, a Representative from Ohio; born on a farm near Senecaville, Noble County, Ohio, January 22, 1904; attended the public schools; graduated from Muskingum College, New…

Newcastle Harbour

(Encyclopedia) Newcastle Harbour, Australia: see Hunter, Port.

Harry S. Truman National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia) Harry S. Truman National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia) Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).

Rivers, Larry

(Encyclopedia) Rivers, Larry, 1923–2002, American artist, b. New York City as Yitzroch Loisa Grossberg. Originally a jazz saxophonist, he turned to art in the 1940s. Reacting against abstract…

Thomas McKean Thompson McKENNAN, Congress, PA (1794-1852)

McKENNAN, Thomas McKean Thompson, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in New Castle, New Castle County, Del., March 31, 1794; moved to Washington, Pa.; attended the public schools; was…

Philip Burton THOMPSON, Jr., Congress, KY (1845-1909)

THOMPSON, Philip Burton, Jr., a Representative from Kentucky; born in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky., October 15, 1845; attended the common schools and the University of Kentucky at Lexington…

Robert Thompson VAN HORN, Congress, MO (1824-1916)

VAN HORN, Robert Thompson, a Representative from Missouri; born in East Mahoning, Indiana County, Pa., May 19, 1824; attended the common schools; apprenticed to a printer; moved to Ohio in…

(Encyclopedia) Katz, Alex, 1927–, American painter, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., studied Cooper Union, New York City (1946–49), Skowhegan School, Maine (1949–50). At a time when abstract expressionism captured…

Nimrod

(Encyclopedia) Nimrod, in the Bible, descendant of Cush who is recorded as a mighty hunter.