(Encyclopedia) John of SalisburyJohn of Salisburysôlzˈbərē [key], c.1110–1180, English scholastic philosopher, b. Salisbury. He studied in France at Paris and Chartres under Abelard and other famous…
(Encyclopedia) Pynchon, JohnPynchon, Johnpĭnˈchən [key], c.1626–1703, American colonist and merchant, b. England; son of William Pynchon. He emigrated to Massachusetts Bay colony with his father in…
(Encyclopedia) Hales, John, 1584–1656, English clergyman and scholar, often alluded to as the Ever-Memorable. He won distinction by his lectures on Greek at Oxford, his preaching, and his writings.…
CAZAYOUX, Donald J. Jr., A Representative from Louisiana; born in New Roads, Pointe Coupee Parish, La; graduated from Catholic of Pointe Coupee High School, 1982; B.S., Louisiana State…
(Encyclopedia) Penry, John, 1559–93, British Puritan author, an instigator of the Marprelate controversy, b. Wales, grad. Cambridge and Oxford. While at college he became an ardent Puritan. In 1587…
MICKEY, J. Ross, a Representative from Illinois; born on a farm in Eldorado Township, McDonough County, Ill., January 5, 1856; attended the public schools and Lincoln (Ill.) College; taught in…
RUTHERFORD, J. T., a Representative from Texas; born in Hot Springs, Ark., May 30, 1921; moved to Odessa, Tex., in 1934 and attended the public schools; served as an enlisted man in the United…
Senate Years of Service: 1979-1997Party: DemocratEXON, J. James, a Senator from Nebraska; born in Geddes, Charles Mix County, S. Dak., August 9, 1921; attended the public schools; attended…
(Encyclopedia) Hawkes, John (John Clendennin Burne Hawkes, Jr.), 1925–98, American writer, b. Stamford, Conn., grad. Harvard, 1949. He taught English at Brown Univ. after 1958. Hawkes is considered…
(Encyclopedia) Walker, Madam C. J., 1867–1919, African-American entrepeneur, b. Delta, La., as Sarah Breedlove. Thought to be America's first black female millionaire, this daughter of ex-slaves was…
