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Meigs, Return Jonathan

(Encyclopedia) Meigs, Return JonathanMeigs, Return Jonathanmĕgz [key], 1740–1823, American Revolutionary army officer, b. Middletown, Conn. He accompanied Benedict Arnold on the Quebec expedition,…

Jonathan, Goodluck Ebele

(Encyclopedia) Jonathan, Goodluck Ebele, 1957–, Nigerian politician, president of Nigeria (2010–). An Ijaw from the Niger delta region, he was educated as a zoologist (Ph.D. Univ. of Port Harcourt,…

Dickinson, Jonathan

(Encyclopedia) Dickinson, Jonathan, 1688–1747, American Presbyterian clergyman, a founder and first president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton Univ.), b. Hatfield, Mass., grad. Yale, 1706…

2018 Winter Olympics: Snowboarding

Parallel slalom gives way to big air Source: Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP Related Links 2018 Winter Olympics History of Snowboarding Ski Jumping Through the Years Shaun…

2018 Winter Olympics: Freestyle Skiing

Bringing skiing to new heights Source: Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP Related Links 2018 Winter Olympics Shaun White Memorable Olympic Moments Birth of the Modern Olympics…

Carver, Jonathan

(Encyclopedia) Carver, Jonathan, 1710–80, American explorer, b. Weymouth, Mass. He served in the French and Indian War and in 1766 was hired by Robert Rogers to undertake a journey to some of the…

Jonathan ELMER, Congress, NJ (1745-1817)

Senate Years of Service: 1789-1791Party: Pro-AdministrationELMER, Jonathan, (brother of Ebenezer Elmer and uncle of Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer), a Delegate and a Senator from New Jersey…

Jonathan Taylor Thomas

(Jonathan Weiss)actorBorn: 9/08/1981Birthplace: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Before winning a role on the television series Home Improvement (1991–1998), Thomas worked as a model and appeared in The…

Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew

(Encyclopedia) Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew, 1883–1953, American general, b. Walla Walla, Wash. Commissioned in the army in 1906, he reached the rank of brigadier general in 1938. In World War II he…

Daniels, Jonathan Worth

(Encyclopedia) Daniels, Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, American newspaper editor and author, b. Raleigh, N.C. In 1925 he joined the staff of the Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer, edited by his father,…