(Encyclopedia) Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806–61, English poet, b. Durham. A delicate and precocious child, she spent a great part of her early life in a state of semi-invalidism. She read…
writer and directorBorn: February 18, 1950Died: August 6, 2009 (New York, USA) Best Known as: writer and director John Hughes helped create some of the most…
FLETCHER, Thomas, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Westmoreland County, Pa., October 21, 1779; settled in Montgomery County, Ky.; member of the State house of representatives in 1803,…
GILLESPIE, Oscar William, a Representative from Texas; born near Quitman, Clarke County, Miss., June 20, 1858; attended private schools, and was graduated from Mansfield College, Texas, in…
Irish novelist, playwright, and screenwriterBorn: 1958Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland Doyle's work is rooted in his experience as a schoolteacher in working-class Dublin. International recognition came…
actorBorn: 11/15/1940Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts If a military band plays, “Hail to the Chief,” when Sam Waterston steps off a plane, forgive the confusion. Waterston was the voice for…
CRANFORD, John Walter, a Representative from Texas; born near Grove Hill, Clarke County, Ala., in 1862; attended the common and high schools of Alabama and finished preparatory studies under a…
MURPHY, John, a Representative from Alabama; born in Columbia, Robeson County, N.C., in 1786; was graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in…
WADE, William Henry, a Representative from Missouri; born near Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, November 3, 1835; attended the common schools, Grove Academy, and Antioch College, Yellow…
WHEAT, William Howard, a Representative from Illinois; born in Kahoka, Clark County, Mo., February 19, 1879; attended the public schools of Brookfield and Chillicothe, Mo., and Chaddock…
