PALMER, Cyrus Maffet, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pa., February 12, 1887; educated in the public schools of Pottsville and attended the…
KEARNS, Charles Cyrus, a Representative from Ohio; born in Tonica, La Salle County, Ill., February 11, 1869; moved with his parents to Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio, in 1874; attended the…
(Encyclopedia) Curtis, Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar, 1850–1933, American publisher and philanthropist, b. Portland, Maine. He started his first periodical, The People's Ledger, in Boston in 1872. Later,…
entrepreneurBorn: 1930Birthplace: Chiangsu Province, China Tang moved to the United States in 1950 and attended Widener University and the Illinois Institute of Technology. In 1960 he helped found…
Born: 1809Birthplace: Rockbridge County, Va. Reaper—While others had also invented the mechanical grain reaper McCormick's constant improvements and astute business sense enabled him to turn his…
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(Encyclopedia) CunaxaCunaxaky&oomacr;năkˈsə [key], ancient town of Babylonia, near the Euphrates River, NE of Ctesiphon. It was the scene of a battle (401 b.c.) between Cyrus the Younger and…
(Encyclopedia) PasargadaePasargadaepəsärˈgədē [key], capital of ancient Persia under Cyrus the Great. Its ruins lie 54 mi (87 km) by road NE of Persepolis, in present Iran. The buildings of Cyrus…
