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Thomas Upton SISSON, Congress, MS (1869-1923)

SISSON, Thomas Upton, a Representative from Mississippi; born near McCool, Attala County, Miss., September 22, 1869; moved with his father to Choctaw County, Miss.; attended the common schools…

George Martin CURTIS, Congress, IA (1844-1921)

CURTIS, George Martin, a Representative from Iowa; born near Oxford, Chenango County, N.Y., April 1, 1844; moved to Ogle County, Ill., in 1856 with his parents, who settled on a farm near…

Liddell, Henry George

(Encyclopedia) Liddell, Henry GeorgeLiddell, Henry Georgelĭdˈəl [key], 1811–98, English classical scholar. He was headmaster (1846–55) of Westminster School and dean (1855–91) of Christ Church,…

Naruhito

(Encyclopedia) Naruhito, 1960–, Japanese emperor (2019–), son of Akihito. He is the first Japanese emperor to have studied abroad, attending Oxford from 1983 to 1985. In 1991 he was officially…

Knight, George Wilson

(Encyclopedia) Knight, George Wilson, 1897–1985, English writer and critic, grad. Oxford (B.A., 1923; M.A., 1925). He wrote numerous books and essays on English literature, including The Wheel of…

Sanderson, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Sanderson, Robert, 1587–1663, English clergyman. Gaining William Laud's favor, he was appointed a royal chaplain in 1631 and regius professor of divinity at Oxford in 1642. Imprisoned…

Beddoes, Thomas Lovell

(Encyclopedia) Beddoes, Thomas Lovell, 1803–49, English poet and dramatist. After graduating from Oxford, he studied medicine and anatomy at Göttingen. His writings, inclined toward the macabre and…

Rogers, Bruce

(Encyclopedia) Rogers, Bruce, 1870–1957, American typographer and book designer, b. Lafayette, Ind. As printing adviser to Cambridge Univ. Press, Harvard Univ. Press, and to commercial houses…