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Edwards, Edwin Washington

(Encyclopedia) Edwards, Edwin Washington, 1927-2021, American politician, b. Avoyelles Parish, near Marksville, La., Louisiana State Univ. Law Center…

Garrick, David

(Encyclopedia) Garrick, David, 1717–79, English actor, manager, and dramatist. He was indisputably the greatest English actor of the 18th cent., and his friendships with Diderot, Samuel Johnson,…

Halberstam, David

(Encyclopedia) Halberstam, David, 1934–2007, American journalist and author, b. New York City, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1955). A reporter (1956–60) for newspapers in Mississippi and Tennessee, he…

Strauss, David Friedrich

(Encyclopedia) Strauss, David FriedrichStrauss, David Friedrichdäˈvēt frēˈdrĭkh shtrous [key], 1808–74, German theologian and philosopher. In Berlin he studied (1831–32) Hegelian philosophy. As tutor…

Phillips, David Graham

(Encyclopedia) Phillips, David Graham, 1867–1911, American writer, b. Madison, Ind., grad. College of New Jersey (now Princeton), 1887. He worked as a newspaper reporter in Cincinnati and New York…

David Worth DENNIS, Congress, IN (1912-1999)

DENNIS, David Worth, a Representative from Indiana; born in Washington, D.C., June 7, 1912; graduated from Sidwell Friends School, Washington, D.C., 1929; A.B., Earlham College, Richmond, Ind…

Curry, John Steuart

(Encyclopedia) Curry, John Steuart, 1897–1946, American painter, b. Dunavant, Jefferson co., Kans. He spent his youth on his father's farm. In 1916 he entered the Kansas City Art Institute and later…

Harold Washington Library Center

Chicago, Ill.Designed in 1991 by Hammond, Beeby, and Babka photo by Carol M. Highsmith The American Institute of Architects and Harris Interactive selected the Harold Washington…

John Birch Society

(Encyclopedia) John Birch Society, ultraconservative, anti-Communist organization in the United States. It was founded in Dec., 1958, by manufacturer Robert Welch, headquartered in Belmont, Mass.,…