The Question: Can you give me information about the only woman ever to be awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor? The Answer: The only woman to receive a Medal…
(Encyclopedia) Paul V, 1552–1621, pope (1605–21), a Roman named Camillo Borghese; successor of Leo XI. He was created cardinal (1596) by Clement VIII and was renowned for his knowledge of canon law.…
(Encyclopedia) Paul I, 1754–1801, czar of Russia (1796–1801), son and successor of Catherine II. His mother disliked him intensely and sought on several occasions to change the succession to his…
(Encyclopedia) Paul, 1901–64, king of the Hellenes (1947–64), brother and successor of George II. He married (1938) Princess Frederika of Brunswick. During Paul's reign Greece followed a pro-Western…
(Encyclopedia) Clemente, Roberto WalkerClemente, Roberto Walkerrəbĕrˈtō, kləmĕnˈtē Span. rōbĕrˈtō klāmĕnˈtā [key], 1934–72, Puerto Rican baseball player, b. Carolina, Puerto Rico. He played his…
(Encyclopedia) Gilmer, Thomas Walker, 1802–44, U.S. Secretary of the Navy (Feb., 1844), b. Albemarle co., Va. He practiced law, served in the Virginia legislature, and became (1840) governor of…
(Encyclopedia) McCall, Samuel Walker, 1851–1923, American political leader, U.S. Congressman (1893–1913), governor of Massachusetts (1916–18), b. East Providence, Pa. He was a lawyer in Boston when…
(Encyclopedia) Walker, Sir Emery, 1851–1933, English master printer, typographic designer, and engraver. He was, along with William Morris and others, one of the moving spirits behind the revival of…
(Encyclopedia) Walker, Francis Amasa, 1840–97, American economist, statistician, and educator, b. Boston, grad. Amherst; son of Amasa Walker. In the Civil War he was brevetted brigadier general.…
