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La Marque

(Encyclopedia) La MarqueLa Marquelə märk [key], city (1990 pop. 14,120), Galveston co., SE Tex., in an agricultural and oil area; settled c.1860, inc. 1953. A residential suburb of Texas City, La…

Suzor-Côté, Marc Aurèle de Foy

(Encyclopedia) Suzor-Côté, Marc Aurèle de FoySuzor-Côté, Marc Aurèle de Foymärk ôrĕlˈ də fwä süzôrˈ-kōtāˈ [key], 1869–1937, Canadian painter and sculptor, b. Quebec prov. He studied in Paris in the…

Cavalli, Pietro Francesco

(Encyclopedia) Cavalli, Pietro FrancescoCavalli, Pietro Francescopyĕˈtrō fränchĕsˈkō kävälˈlē [key], 1602–76, Italian composer, whose real name was Caletti-Bruni; pupil of Monteverdi, whom he…

Hiram Warren JOHNSON, Congress, CA (1866-1945)

Senate Years of Service: 1917-1945Party: RepublicanJOHNSON, Hiram Warren, (son of Grove Lawrence Johnson), a Senator from California; born in Sacramento, Calif., September 2, 1866; attended…

George SUTHERLAND, Congress, UT (1862-1942)

Senate Years of Service: 1905-1917Party: RepublicanSUTHERLAND, George, a Representative and a Senator from Utah; born in Buckinghamshire, England, March 25, 1862; immigrated to the United…

Joseph Little BRISTOW, Congress, KS (1861-1944)

Senate Years of Service: 1909-1915Party: RepublicanBRISTOW, Joseph Little, a Senator from Kansas; born near Hazel Green, Wolf County, Ky., July 22, 1861; moved with his father to Fredonia,…

Notable Chess Players

Gary Kasparov See also Deep Blue, Chess Computer The Turk Wolfgang von Kempelen People in the News Recent Obituaries Related Links Biographies by Category Alekhine, Alexander,…

Dobrynin, Anatoly Fyodorovich

(Encyclopedia) Dobrynin, Anatoly Fyodorovich, 1919–2010, Soviet diplomat, b. Krasnaya Gorka. He studied at a Moscow aviation institute, designed aircraft during World War II, and was selected after…

Morgan, Sir Henry

(Encyclopedia) Morgan, Sir Henry, 1635?–1688, Welsh buccaneer. In his youth he went to the West Indies, eventually joining the buccaneers there. On the death (1667) of Edward Mansfield, Morgan took…