BUTLER, Chester Pierce, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pa., March 21, 1798; attended Wilkes-Barre Academy and was graduated from Princeton College in…
(Encyclopedia) Brown, Benjamin Gratz, 1826–85, U.S. Senator (1863–67) and governor of Missouri (1871–73), b. Lexington, Ky. An able lawyer in St. Louis, Brown was a leader in the Free-Soil movement…
PIERCE, Ray Vaughn, a Representative from New York; born in Stark, Herkimer County, N.Y., August 6, 1840; attended public and private schools; was graduated from the Eclectic Medical College,…
(Encyclopedia) Brown, Samuel Robbins, 1810–80, American missionary and educator, b. East Windsor, Conn. As a missionary (1839–47) to China, he took charge of a school founded by the Morrison…
IKIRT, George Pierce, a Representative from Ohio; born near West Beaver, Columbiana County, Ohio, November 3, 1852; attended the public schools of New Lisbon, Ohio; taught school and studied…
PIERCE, Wallace Edgar, a Representative from New York; born in the town of Black Brook, Clinton County, N.Y., December 9, 1881; attended the rural schools; was graduated from Plattsburg (N.Y…
KINKAID, Moses Pierce, a Representative from Nebraska; born near Morgantown, Monongalia County, W.Va., January 24, 1856; attended the public schools; was graduated from the law department of…
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…
(Encyclopedia) Brown, Herbert Charles, 1912–2004, American chemist, b. London, Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1938. A professor at Wayne State Univ. (1943–47) and Purdue Univ. (1947–78), he shared the 1979…
PIERCE, Charles Wilson, a Representative from Alabama; born in Benton, Yates County, N.Y., October 7, 1823; completed preparatory studies; moved with his father to Sandusky, Ohio, in 1829, and…
