STORER, Bellamy, (son of Bellamy Storer [1796-1875] and uncle of Nicholas Longworth), a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, August 28, 1847; attended the common schools of that…
(Encyclopedia) NyköpingNyköpingnüˈchöˌpĭng [key], city (1990 pop. 26,380), capital of Södermanland co., SE Sweden, a port on the Baltic Sea. It is a commercial and industrial center, producing flour…
(Encyclopedia) Moore, Clement Clarke, 1779–1863, American educator and poet, b. New York City, grad. Columbia, 1798. A biblical scholar, he was professor of Asian and Greek literature at the…
(Encyclopedia) Stone, Richard (Sir John Richard Nicholas Stone), 1913–91, British economist, grad. Cambridge, 1935. After working for the British government during World War II, he became (1945) the…
(Encyclopedia) Taneiev, Sergei IvanovichTaneiev, Sergei Ivanovichsyĭrgāˈ ēväˈnəvĭch tənyāˈəf [key], 1856–1915, Russian composer and teacher. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Nicholas…
(Encyclopedia) Soulouque, Faustin ÉlieSoulouque, Faustin ÉliefōstăNˈ ālēˈ s&oomacr;l&oomacr;kˈ [key], c.1785–1867, emperor of Haiti (1849–59). An illiterate former slave, he became president…
VAN VALKENBURGH, Robert Bruce, a Representative from New York; born in Prattsburg, Steuben County, N.Y., September 4, 1821; attended Franklin Academy, Prattsburg, N.Y.; studied law; was…
GILMAN, John Taylor, (brother of Nicholas Gilman and granduncle of Charles Jervis Gilman), a Delegate from New Hampshire; born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., December 19, 1753; received a…
JONES, John William, a Representative from Georgia; born in Rockville, Montgomery County, Md., April 14, 1806; moved to Kentucky in 1810 with his parents, who settled in Nicholas (now Bourbon…
(Encyclopedia) Shore, Jane, or Elizabeth Shore, d. 1527?, mistress of Edward IV of England. The wife of William Shore, a goldsmith, she became c.1470 mistress to Edward IV and exerted a great…
