(Encyclopedia) Louis XIII, 1601–43, king of France (1610–43). He succeeded his father, Henry IV, under the regency of his mother, Marie de' Medici. He married Anne of Austria in 1615. Even after…
PLATER, George, (father of Thomas Plater), a Delegate from Maryland; born in Sotterly, near Leonardtown, St. Marys County, Md., November 8, 1735; was graduated from the College of William and…
KEY, Philip, (cousin of Philip Barton Key and great-grandfather of Barnes Compton), a Representative from Maryland; born probably on his fatherâs estate near Leonardtown, St. Marys County,…
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SAWYER, William, a Representative from Ohio; born in Montgomery County, Ohio, August 5, 1803; apprenticed to a blacksmith in 1818 and worked in Dayton, Ohio, and near Grand Rapids, Mich.;…
KNOX, Victor Alfred, a Representative from Michigan; born on a farm in Chippewa County, Mich. (near Sault Ste. Marie), January 13, 1899; attended the public schools; engaged in farming until…
(Encyclopedia) Longueuil, Charles le Moyne, sieur deLongueuil, Charles le Moyne, sieur deshärl lə mwän, syör də lôNgöˈyə [key], 1626–85, French colonial leader in Canada, founder of a famous Canadian…
(Encyclopedia) Mourou, Gérard Albert, 1944–, French physicist, Ph.D. Pierre and Marie Curie Univ. (now part of Sorbonne Univ.), 1973. Mourou was a professor at the Univ. of Rochester, New York, from…
(Encyclopedia) Belloc, Hilaire (Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc)Belloc, Hilairebĕlˈŏk [key], 1870–1953, English author, b. France. He became a British subject in 1902, and from 1906 to 1910 was a…