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Austin Augustus KING, Congress, MO (1802-1870)

KING, Austin Augustus, a Representative from Missouri; born in Sullivan County, Tenn., September 21, 1802; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1822 and…

Dorothea Tanning

Artist and writer Dorothea Tanning is most famous as the longest surviving surrealist artist and the longtime partner of artist Max Ernst. Tanning headed to Chicago in 1930 right after college,…

King, Martin Luther, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929–68, American clergyman and civil-rights leader, b. Atlanta, Ga., grad. Morehouse College (B.A., 1948), Crozer Theological Seminary (B.D., 1951), Boston…

Members of Congress: Iowa, Congress,

Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Iowa Member Name Birth-Death AINSWORTH, Lucien Lester 1831-1902 ALLISON, William Boyd 1829-1908…

aster

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Cross section of a sunflower, a member of the aster family aster [Gr.,=star], common name for the Asteraceae (Compositae), the aster family, in North America, name for plants…

John Wilbur DWIGHT, Congress, NY (1859-1928)

DWIGHT, John Wilbur, (son of Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight), a Representative from New York; born in Dryden, Tompkins County, N.Y., May 24, 1859; attended the public schools; pursued further studies…

Robert Ewing THOMASON, Congress, TX (1879-1973)

THOMASON, Robert Ewing, a Representative from Texas; born in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn., May 30, 1879; moved to Gainesville, Cooke County, Tex., with his parents in 1880; attended the…

The 1998 Emmy Awards

50th Emmy Awards: Drama Series Nominees outstanding series | directing | writing | next Outstanding Drama Series ER (NBC) Law & Order (NBC) NYPD Blue (ABC) The Practice (ABC) The X-Files (…

Dracula: Fact or Folklore?

Dracula: Fact or Folklore? Have Dracula stories been exaggerated by political enemies and in peasant folklore? by David Johnson While his political enemies, and peasant folklore, have no…