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Aaron Neville

singerBorn: 1/24/1941Birthplace: New Orleans Neville came to attention as a solo artist with the soul ballad “Tell It Like It Is” (1967); his single “Don't Know Much” (1990), a duet with Linda…

Matthew Modine

actorBorn: 3/22/1959Birthplace: Loma Linda, California Modine first broke into movies in 1983 with three films (Baby, It's You; Private School; Streamers) and then distinguished himself in a…

Sangster, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Sangster, Charles, 1822–93, Canadian poet, b. Ontario. At first an imitator of Byron, he became, with the publication of Hesperus and Other Poems and Lyrics (1860), the first notable…

Cheviot

(Encyclopedia) Cheviot Cheviot shĭvˈēət, shĕvˈ– [key], city (2020 pop. 8,153),…

Stoney Creek

(Encyclopedia) Stoney Creek, town (1991 pop. 49,968), SE Ont., Canada. It is a suburb of Hamilton and was the site of an American defeat (1813) in the War of 1812.

Greg John HOLBROCK, Congress, OH (1906-1992)

HOLBROCK, Greg John, a Representative from Ohio; born in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, June 21, 1906; graduated from St. Xavier High School; attended Notre Dame University, South Bend, Ind.;…

Harriet Hardy

specialist in occupational medicineBorn: 9/23/1906Birthplace: Arlington, Massachusetts An advocate for the control of industrial hazards, Hardy was brought up in New Jersey and educated at…

Coxe, Tench

(Encyclopedia) Coxe, TenchCoxe, Tenchkŏks [key], 1755–1824, American political economist, b. Philadelphia. He entered his father's mercantile business in 1776, but after 1790, when he became…

Silas Reynolds BARTON, Congress, NE (1872-1916)

BARTON, Silas Reynolds, a Representative from Nebraska; born in New London, Henry County, Iowa, May 21, 1872; moved to Hamilton County, Nebr., in 1873 with his parents; was graduated from the…