(Encyclopedia) Landis, Kenesaw MountainLandis, Kenesaw Mountainkĕnˈəsôˌ [key], 1866–1944, American jurist and commissioner of baseball (1921–44), b. Millville, Butler co., Ohio, grad. Union College…
writer, director, producerBorn: 8/3/1950Birthplace: Chicago Lambasted by critics and revered by fans, John Landis began his outrageous Hollywood ascent while still a teenager, working as a mailboy…
LANDIS, Frederick, (brother of Charles Beary Landis), a Representative from Indiana; born at Sevenmile, Butler County, Ohio, August 18, 1872; moved with his parents to Logansport, Ind., in…
LANDIS, Charles Beary, (brother of Frederick Landis), a Representative from Indiana; born in Millville, Butler County, Ohio, July 9, 1858; attended the public schools of Logansport, Ind., and…
(Encyclopedia) mark, designation for the free village community that was supposed to have been the unit of primitive German social life. According to a theory formulated in the 19th cent. by Georg…
(Encyclopedia) Mark, Saint [Lat. Marcus], Christian apostle, traditional author of the 2d Gospel (see Mark, Gospel according to). His full name was John Mark. His mother, named Mary, had a house in…
LANDY, James, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Northern Liberties District, Philadelphia, Pa., October 13, 1813; attended the public schools; studied law, but abandoned the same and…
(Encyclopedia) Rothko, MarkRothko, Markrŏthˈkō [key], 1903–70, American painter, b. Dvinsk, Russia (now Daugavpils, Latvia), as Marcus Rotkovitch. His family immigrated to the United States in 1913.…
LANDIS, Gerald Wayne, a Representative from Indiana; born in Bloomfield, Greene County, Ind., February 23, 1895; attended the public schools of Linton, Ind.; served as a lieutenant in the…
