(Encyclopedia) Peebles, Phillip James Edwin, 1935–, Canadian-American astrophysicist and cosmologist, b. Winnipeg, Man., Ph.D. Princeton, 1962. He spent his entire career as a researcher at Princeton…
LONGLEY, James, a Representative from Maine; born in Lewiston, Maine, July 7, 1951; graduated Phillips Academy; graduated Holy Cross and University of Maine Law School; personal assistant to…
Senate Years of Service: 1834-1845 Party: Democrat BUCHANAN, James, a Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania and 15th President of the United States; born at Cove Gap, near…
Senate Years of Service: 1790-1794 Party: Anti-Administration MONROE, James, (nephew of Joseph Jones and uncle of James Monroe [1799-1870]), a Delegate and a Senator from Virginia and 5th…
Senate Years of Service: 1813-1817; 1819-1823Party: Democratic Republican; Adams-Clay RepublicanBROWN, James, (brother of John Brown of Virginia and Kentucky (1757-1837), cousin of John…
(Encyclopedia) Craigavon, James Craig, 1st ViscountCraigavon, James Craig, 1st Viscountkrāgăvˈən [key], 1871–1940, Irish statesman. He worked with Edward Carson in rousing the Protestants of Ulster…
chemistBorn: 1912Birthplace: San Antonio, Tex. In addition to being a student leader at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), where he earned a B.A. in 1936 and an M.S. in 1937,…
Senate Years of Service: 1981-1987Party: RepublicanABDNOR, James, a Representative and a Senator from South Dakota; born in Kennebec, Lyman County, S.Dak., February 13, 1923; attended the…
Senate Years of Service: 1849-1852Party: DemocratWHITCOMB, James, a Senator from Indiana; born in Windsor County, Vt., December 1, 1795; attended Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky.;…
(Encyclopedia) Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry, 1837–1915, English lexicographer. In 1879 he assumed the editorship of the New English Dictionary (the Oxford English Dictionary), which was his life'…
