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Boca Tigris

(Encyclopedia) Boca Tigris, China: see Pearl, river.

Women's History Month

Women Prize Winners in Literature See Nobel Prizes for Literature for the full list of winners.     Women's History Month…

Granger movement

(Encyclopedia) Granger movement, American agrarian movement taking its name from the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, an organization founded in 1867 by Oliver H. Kelley and six…

William Henry WITTE, Congress, PA (1817-1876)

WITTE, William Henry, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Columbia, Morris County, N.J., October 4, 1817; moved to Springtown, Bucks County, Pa., and attended the common schools; moved…

Robert RAMSEY, Congress, PA (1780-1849)

RAMSEY, Robert, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Warminster Township, Bucks County, Pa., February 15, 1780; attended the public schools of Hartsville; member of the State house of…

John CHAPMAN, Congress, PA (1740-1800)

CHAPMAN, John, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Wrightstown Township, Bucks County, Pa., October 18, 1740; commissioned justice of the peace February 25, 1779, and was one of the…

Samuel Carey BRADSHAW, Congress, PA (1809-1872)

BRADSHAW, Samuel Carey, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Plumstead, Bucks County, Pa., June 10, 1809; attended the public schools; was graduated from Pennsylvania Medical College in…

Neil Young

singer; songwriter; guitaristBorn: 11/12/1945Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada From his work with Buffalo Springfield (1966–68) and Crosby, Stills, and Nash in the 1960s and 1970s, to a prolific…