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Ambrose KENNEDY, Congress, RI (1875-1967)

KENNEDY, Ambrose, a Representative from Rhode Island; born in Blackstone, Worcester County, Mass., on December 1, 1875; attended the Blackstone public schools and St. Hyacinthe’s College,…

Philip PELL, Congress, NY (1753-1811)

PELL, Philip, a Delegate from New York; born in Pelham Manor, N.Y., July 7, 1753; was graduated from King’s College (now Columbia University), New York City, in 1770; studied law; was…

Abner NASH, Congress, NC (1740-1786)

NASH, Abner, a Delegate from North Carolina; born at Templeton Manor, on the Appomattox River, near Farmville, Prince Edward County, Va., August 8, 1740; attended the rural schools in Virginia…

William Biddle SHEPARD, Congress, NC (1799-1852)

SHEPARD, William Biddle, a Representative from North Carolina; born in New Bern, N.C., May 14, 1799; completed preparatory studies; attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in…

James SIMPSON, Jr., Congress, IL (1905-1960)

SIMPSON, James, Jr., a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., January 7, 1905; attended St. Paul’s School in Concord, N.H., 1919-1922, Westminster School, Salisbury, Conn.,…

Andrew James PETERS, Congress, MA (1872-1938)

PETERS, Andrew James, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in West Roxbury, Mass., April 3, 1872; attended Hopkinson’s and St. Paul’s Schools; was graduated from Harvard University in…

Allende, Isabel

(Encyclopedia) Allende, Isabel, 1942–, Chilean novelist. Since the 1973 coup in which her cousin, President Salvador Allende Gossens, died, Isabel Allende, who is among the most notable contemporary…

Lorde, Audrey Geraldine

(Encyclopedia) Lorde, Audre, 1934–1992, African-American poet, essayist, and civil rights activist, b. New York City, grad. Columbia (M.L.S. 1961).…

Dow 101

Five Little-Known Facts About the Dow Jones Industrials Average by Tasha Vincent Related Links Dow MilestonesStock Market Goes Decimal The Index is not Truly Industrial…