JONES, Willie, (brother of Allen Jones), a Delegate from North Carolina; born in Northampton County, N.C., December 24, 1740; attended Eton College, England; engaged in agricultural pursuits;…
SCOTT, Charles Frederick, a Representative from Kansas; born near Iola, Allen County, Kans., on September 7, 1860; attended the common schools; was graduated from the University of Kansas at…
(William Henry Gates III)software industry pioneer, philanthropistBorn: 10/28/1955Birthplace: Seattle, Wash. After years of tinkering with computers, Gates dropped out of Harvard at age 19 to form…
(Encyclopedia) Seeger, Ruth Crawford, 1901–53, American composer and folklorist, b. East Liverpool, Ohio, as Ruth Porter Crawford, studied American Conservatory, Chicago; stepmother of Pete Seeger…
(Encyclopedia) Amin, IdiAmin, Idiēˈdē amēnˈ [key], c.1925–2003, Ugandan army officer and dictator. From the small Kakwa ethnic group, he advanced in the Ugandan armed forces from private (1946) to…
(Encyclopedia) angry young men, term applied to a group of English writers of the 1950s whose heroes share certain rebellious and critical attitudes toward society. This phrase, which was originally…
(Encyclopedia) Kidd, William, 1645?–1701, British privateer and pirate, known as Captain Kidd. He went to sea in his youth and later settled in New York, where he married and owned property. In 1691…
(Encyclopedia) standard time, civil time used within a given time zone. The earth is divided into 24 time zones, each of which is about 15° of longitude wide and corresponds to one hour of time.…
FAIRFIELD, Louis William, a Representative from Indiana; born in a log cabin near Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio, October 15, 1858; moved to Allen County, Ohio, in 1866 and resided on a…
