Born: 1847Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland Telegraphy—In addition to the telephone, Bell held patents for the telegraph, photophone, phonograph, aerial vehicles, hydroairplanes, and a selenium cell…
(Encyclopedia) Bell, John Joy, 1871–1934, Scottish author. He wrote a number of humorous stories and plays, frequently in dialect, of life in Glasgow, but is best remembered for his story Wee…
WHITTEN, Jamie Lloyd, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Cascilla, Tallahatchie County, Miss., April 18, 1910; attended the public schools and the literary and law departments of the…
(Encyclopedia) Bell, Derrick Albert, Jr., 1930–2011, American lawyer, legal scholar, and educator, b. Pittsburgh, Pa., grad. Duquesne Univ. (A.B., 1952), Univ. of Pittsburgh Law School (LL.B., 1957…
Senate Years of Service: 1855-1857Party: Opposition; RepublicanBELL, James, (son of Samuel Bell, uncle of Samuel Newell Bell, and cousin of Charles Henry Bell), a Senator from New Hampshire;…
Senate Years of Service: 1823-1835Party: Adams-Clay Republican; Adams; Anti-JacksonianBELL, Samuel, (father of James Bell, grandfather of Samuel Newell Bell, and uncle of Charles Henry Bell),…
Senate Years of Service: 1879-1879Party: RepublicanBELL, Charles Henry, (nephew of Samuel Bell and cousin of James Bell), a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Chester, Rockingham County, N.H…
BELL, Chris, a Representative from Texas; born in Texas, November 23, 1959; B.J., University of Texas, Austin, Tex., 1982; J.D., South Texas University, Houston, Tex., 1992; journalist; lawyer…
