HOTCHKISS, Giles Waldo, a Representative from New York; born in Windsor, Broome County, N.Y., October 25, 1815; attended the common schools, Windsor Academy, and Oxford Academy; studied law;…
DRIEHAUS, Steve, a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, June 24, 1966; graduated from Elder High School, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1984; B.A., Miami University, Oxford…
DU BOSE, Dudley McIver, a Representative from Georgia; born in Shelby County, Tenn., October 28, 1834; attended the University of Mississippi at Oxford, and was graduated from the Lebanon (…
WILEY, James Sullivan, a Representative from Maine; born in Mercer, Somerset County, Maine, January 22, 1808; moved to Bethel, Oxford County, Maine, in 1826; attended Gouldâs Academy and was…
(Encyclopedia) Florio, JohnFlorio, Johnflôˈrēō [key], 1553?–1625, English author, b. London of Italian parentage. Educated at Oxford, Florio served in various capacities at the court of James I. He…
(Encyclopedia) Tucker, Abraham, 1705–74, English philosopher, b. London. He studied law at Merton College, Oxford, and later devoted himself to independent study. He advanced the ethical view that…
(Encyclopedia) Wither, George, 1588–1667, English poet, b. Hampshire, studied at Oxford. While in prison for having written the satires Abuses Stript and Whipt (1613), he wrote five pastorals under…
(Encyclopedia) Royden, Agnes Maude, 1876–1956, English preacher and social worker, studied at Oxford. The first woman to preach (1917–20) in an established Anglican church, she was also active in…
(Encyclopedia) Calverley, Charles Stuart, 1831–84, English poet and translator. Expelled from Oxford for a youthful prank, he earned academic honors at Cambridge. He became famous for the wit and…
BARTLETT, Franklin, a Representative from New York; born in Worcester County, Mass., September 10, 1847; was graduated from the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute in 1865 and from Harvard…
