(Encyclopedia) Berryman, JohnBerryman, Johnbĕrˈēmən [key], 1914–72, American poet and critic, b. McAlester, Okla., as John Allyn Smith, Jr., grad. Columbia, 1936, also studied at Cambridge. His…
WHITAKER, John Albert, (grandson of Addison Davis James), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Russellville, Logan County, Ky., October 31, 1901; attended the public schools, Bethel College…
Senate Years of Service: 1835-1841; 1845-1853 Party: Anti-Jacksonian; Whig DAVIS, John, (father of Horace Davis, great-great grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.), a Representative and a…
PENDLETON, John Strother, a Representative from Virginia; born near Culpeper, Culpeper County, Va., March 1, 1802; pursued preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1824 and…
KEY, John Alexander, a Representative from Ohio; born in Marion, Marion County, Ohio, December 30, 1871; attended the public schools; learned the printerâs trade; city letter carrier 1897-…
BROWNING, William John, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Camden, N.J., April 11, 1850; attended the Friendsâ School; at an early age engaged in the wholesale dry goods business in…
(Encyclopedia) Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley…
(Encyclopedia) Enders, John Franklin, 1897–1985, American bacteriologist, b. West Hartford, Conn., grad. Yale, 1920, Ph.D. Harvard, 1930. He began teaching at Harvard in 1929, became associate…
(Encyclopedia) Adams, John Quincy, 1767–1848, 6th President of the United States (1825–29), b. Quincy (then in Braintree), Mass.; son of John Adams and Abigail Adams and father of Charles Francis…
