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Doxiades, Constantinos

(Encyclopedia) Doxiades, ConstantinosDoxiades, Constantinoskônstäntēˈnôs dôksyäˈᵺēs [key], 1913–75, Greek urban planner, designer, and consultant on ekistics, the science of human settlements. In…

Bassett, Edward Murray

(Encyclopedia) Bassett, Edward Murray, 1863–1948, American urban planner, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Amherst College, 1884, Columbia law school, 1886. He practiced law in Buffalo (1886–92) and New York…

John Joseph HICKEY, Congress, WY (1911-1970)

Senate Years of Service: 1961-1962Party: DemocratHICKEY, John Joseph, a Senator from Wyoming; born in Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyo., August 22, 1911; attended the public schools; graduated with…

Virgil Delphini PARRIS, Congress, ME (1807-1874)

PARRIS, Virgil Delphini, (cousin of Albion Keith Parris), a Representative from Maine; born in Buckfield, Maine, February 18, 1807; attended the common schools, Hebron Academy, Hebron, Maine,…

prefabrication

(Encyclopedia) prefabrication, in architectural construction, a technique whereby large units of a building are produced in factories to be assembled, ready-made, on the building site. The technique…