writerDied: Nov. 4, 2007 (Marbella, Spain) Best Known as: Hollywood screenwriter and novelist Author and screenwriter who produced proactive works of fiction and…
authorBorn: 1966Birthplace: Britain Born to Welsh and Chinese parents, Davies grew up in Britain before moving to the United States. He refuses to be pigeon-holed into an identity, exploring his…
bankerBorn: 5/6/1870Birthplace: San Jose, Calif. Leaving school at age 13, he worked for 18 years in his step-father's produce business before becoming a partner and retiring in 1901. He then began…
businessman, baseball commissioner, Olympics chairmanBorn: 9/2/1937Birthplace: Evanston, Ill. Having proven his business acumen by running Trans International Airline (1959–62),then his own company…
religious leaderBorn: 1780Birthplace: New Brunswick, New Jersey Williams grew up to become active in the Methodist Church. In 1818, with the blessings of prominent white Methodist minister Thomas…
religious leaderBorn: 1749Birthplace: New York, New York Although he was a slave, Williams became a sexton in the Methodist Church in 1778. When his owner returned to England in 1783, the church…
(Encyclopedia) Carrington, Peter Carington, 6th Baron, 1919–2018, British politician. Educated at Eton and Sandhurst, he succeeded to the peerage in 1938. After serving with distinction in World War…
(Encyclopedia) Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and VauxBrougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vauxbr&oomacr;m, vôz, vôks [key], 1778–1868, British statesman, b. Edinburgh. As a…
queen of CushBorn: late first century B.C. Amanirenas presided over the kingdom of Meroë, the capital of the Cushite dynasty, in northeast Africa. When Roman emperor Augustus levied a tax on the…
(Encyclopedia) Dandy, Walter Edward, 1886–1946, American neurosurgeon. Having studied with Harvey Cushing at Johns Hopkins, Dandy soon made himself a notable figure in the developing specialty of…
