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Lauterbur, Paul Christian

(Encyclopedia) Lauterbur, Paul Christian, 1929–2007, American chemist, b. Sidney, Ohio, Ph.D. Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1962. Lauterbur was (1969–85) a faculty member at the State Univ. of New York at…

Romer, Paul Michael

(Encyclopedia) Romer, Paul Michael, 1955–, American economist, b. Denver, Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1983. He has taught at the Univ. of Rochester (1982–88), Univ. of Chicago (1988–90), Univ. of…

Paul LEIDY, Congress, PA (1813-1877)

LEIDY, Paul, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Hemlock Township, Columbia County, Pa., November 13, 1813; attended the common schools; apprenticed as a tailor; taught school in…

Paul E. KANJORSKI, Congress, PA (1937)

KANJORSKI, Paul E., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Nanticoke, Luzerne County, Pa., April 2, 1937; United States Capitol Page School, Washington, D.C., 1954; attended Wyoming…

Joseph Paul KOLTER, Congress, PA (1926)

KOLTER, Joseph Paul, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in McDonald, Ohio on September 3, 1926; graduated from New Brighton High School, New Brighton, Pa., 1944; B.S., Geneva College,…

Thomas, George Henry

(Encyclopedia) Thomas, George Henry, 1816–70, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Southampton co., Va. He served in the Seminole War and in the Mexican War. Later he taught at West Point and…

Nuttall, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Nuttall, Thomas, 1786–1859, American naturalist, b. England. He was a pioneer in American paleontology and was curator (1822–32) of the Harvard botanical garden. He accompanied several…

May, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) May, Thomas, 1595–1650, English author, b. Sussex, grad. Cambridge, 1612. Besides writing several tragedies on classical subjects, he wrote two comedies, The Heir (1620) and The Old…

Banks, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Banks, Thomas, 1735–1805, English neoclassical sculptor, studied at the Royal Academy. A traveling scholarship enabled him to study in Rome from 1772 to 1779. In 1781 he went to Russia…