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Myers, Frederic William Henry

(Encyclopedia) Myers, Frederic William HenryMyers, Frederic William Henrymīˈərz [key], 1843–1901, English essayist and poet. His works include the poem St. Paul (1867) and Essays, Classical and…

Crerar, Henry Duncan Graham

(Encyclopedia) Crerar, Henry Duncan GrahamCrerar, Henry Duncan Grahamkrērˈär [key], 1888–1965, Canadian general in World War II. He fought in World War I and later headed the Royal Military College.…

John Jordan CRITTENDEN, Congress, KY (1786-1863)

Senate Years of Service: 1817-1819; 1835-1841; 1842-1848; 1855-1861Party: Democratic Republican; Whig; American (Know-Nothing); UnionistCRITTENDEN, John Jordan, (uncle of Thomas Theodore…

Montagu, John

(Encyclopedia) Montagu, John: see Sandwich, John Montagu, 4th earl of.

Churchill, John

(Encyclopedia) Churchill, John: see Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st duke of.

Digby, John

(Encyclopedia) Digby, John: see Bristol, John Digby, 1st earl of.

Fitzgibbon, John

(Encyclopedia) Fitzgibbon, John: see Clare, John Fitzgibbon, 1st earl of.

Stuart, John

(Encyclopedia) Stuart, John: see Bute, John Stuart, 3d earl of.

Tomlinson, Henry Major

(Encyclopedia) Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873–1958, English novelist. A dockworker, then a journalist and war correspondent, he was (1917–23) literary editor of the Nation and Athenaeum. Probably his…

Giddings, Franklin Henry

(Encyclopedia) Giddings, Franklin Henry, 1855–1931, American sociologist, b. Fairfield co., Conn., grad. Union College, Schenectady, N.Y. In 1894 he became professor of sociology at Columbia, where…