author, social activistBorn: 11/28/1944Birthplace: Hanover, Pennsylvania An early member of National Organization for Women, Brown resigned when the oganization tried to surpress her vocal pro-…
Born: 1898Birthplace: Springfield, Mass. Nystatin—Hazen and Brown: Nystatin was the world's first non-toxic anti-fungal antibiotic. It cured fungal infections of the skin, mouth, throat, and…
How A Charlie Brown Christmas Came to Pass The unlikely beginnings of a holiday classic by Holly Hartman The first of nearly 50 Peanuts television movies, A Charlie Brown Christmas…
television directorDied: February 10, 2008 (Manhattan, New York) Best Known as: television director of "Live From Lincoln Center" Kirk Browning started out his…
Senate Years of Service:
1789-1796; 1802-1804
Party:
Pro-Administration; Anti-Administration; Democratic Republican; Democratic Republican
BUTLER, Pierce, a Delegate and a Senator from South…
Senate Years of Service: 1837-1842Party: DemocratPIERCE, Franklin, a Representative and a Senator from New Hampshire and 14th President of the United States; born in Hillsborough, N.H.,…
PIERCE, Walter Marcus, a Representative from Oregon; born on a farm near Morris, Grundy County, Ill., May 30, 1861; attended the common schools, Morris (Ill.) Academy, and the University of…
PIERCE, William, a Delegate from Georgia; born in that State in 1740; completed preparatory studies; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War as aide-de-camp to Gen.…
(Encyclopedia) Durand, Asher BrownDurand, Asher Browndy&oomacr;răndˈ [key], 1796–1886, American painter and engraver, b. near Newark, N.J. He established a reputation by his engravings of…
(Encyclopedia) Herreshoff, John BrownHerreshoff, John Brownhĕrˈəs-hŏf [key], 1841–1915, American yacht and ship builder. Though totally blind from the time he was 15, he managed his own sail-boat…
