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Josquin Desprez

(Encyclopedia) Josquin Desprez or Des PrésJosquin Desprez or Des Présboth: zhōsˈkăN dāprāˈ [key], c.1440–1521, Flemish composer, b. Hainaut, regarded by his contemporaries as the greatest of his age…

Movies and Film: Germany's Greatest -Ism

Germany's Greatest -IsmMovies and FilmGermany's Film HistoryGermany's Greatest -IsmHitler's Hired HelpA Few Young MenRoads Not Taken: Film in East GermanyUnification and Beyond In 1919, world…

James Thomas IGOE, Congress, IL (1883-1971)

IGOE, James Thomas, a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., October 23, 1883; attended the Holden School, Bryant and Stratton College, and St. Ignatius College, all in Chicago,…

Patricia Scott SCHROEDER, Congress, CO (1940)

SCHROEDER, Patricia Scott, a Representative from Colorado; born Patricia Nell Scott in Portland, Multnomah County, Oreg., July 30, 1940; graduated from Roosevelt High School, Des Moines, Iowa…

Edward Rowan FINNEGAN, Congress, IL (1905-1971)

FINNEGAN, Edward Rowan, a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., June 5, 1905; attended the St. Ritas, Northwestern, and DePaulus schools, Loyola University, and Northwestern…

Samuel Mercer CLARK, Congress, IA (1842-1900)

CLARK, Samuel Mercer, a Representative from Iowa; born near Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa, October 11, 1842; attended the public schools and the Des Moines Valley College, West Point, Iowa…

Merwin COAD, Congress, IA (1924)

COAD, Merwin, a Representative from Iowa; born in Cawker City, Mitchell County, Kans., September 28, 1924; in 1932 moved with his parents to a farm near Auburn, Nebr.; graduated from high…

Fred Lewis CRAWFORD, Congress, MI (1888-1957)

CRAWFORD, Fred Lewis, a Representative from Michigan; born in Dublin, Erath County, Tex., May 5, 1888; attended the public schools, business college at Peniel, Tex., and the University of…

Brissot de Warville, Jacques Pierre

(Encyclopedia) Brissot de Warville, Jacques PierreBrissot de Warville, Jacques Pierrezhäk pyĕr brēsōˈ də värvēlˈ [key], 1754–93, French revolutionary and journalist. He began his career by writing…