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Butler, Richard Austen

(Encyclopedia) Butler, Richard Austen, 1902–82, British politician. Educated at Cambridge, he entered Parliament in 1929 as a Conservative. As minister of education (1941–45), he piloted through…

Zsigmondy, Richard Adolf

(Encyclopedia) Zsigmondy, Richard Adolf, 1865–1929, Austrian-German chemist, Ph.D. Univ. of Munich, 1889. Zsigmondy was a lecturer at the Univ. of Munich (1887–1893) and at the Univ. of Graz (1893–97…

Richard Keith ARMEY, Congress, TX (1940)

ARMEY, Richard Keith, a Representative from Texas; born in Cando, Towner County, N. Dak., July 7, 1940; graduated from Cando High School, Cando, N. Dak., 1958; B.A., Jamestown College,…

Gabriel RICHARD, Congress, MI (1767-1832)

RICHARD, Gabriel, a Delegate from Michigan Territory; born in La Ville de Saintes, France, October 15, 1767; pursued classical studies; studied theology in the seminary of Augers, France, and…

Matthias RICHARDS, Congress, PA (1758-1830)

RICHARDS, Matthias, (brother of John Richards), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Pottstown, New Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pa., on February 26, 1758; completed…

Richard Henry LEE, Congress, VA (1732-1794)

Senate Years of Service: 1789-1792Party: Anti-AdministrationLEE, Richard Henry, (brother of Arthur Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee, and great-grandfather of Blair Lee), a Delegate and a Senator…

Posner, Richard Allen

(Encyclopedia) Posner, Richard AllenPosner, Richard Allenpōzˈnər [key], 1939–, American jurist and author, b. New York City, grad. Yale (A.B., 1959), Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1962). He clerked for…

Richard Lewis NEUBERGER, Congress, OR (1912-1960)

Senate Years of Service: 1955-1960Party: DemocratNEUBERGER, Richard Lewis, (husband of Maurine B. Neuberger), a Senator from Oregon; born in Multnomah County, near Portland, Oreg., December 26…

Richard HANNA, Congress, NY (1951)

HANNA, Richard, a Representative from New York; born in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., January 25, 1951; graduated from Whitesboro High School, Marcy, N.Y.; B.A., Reed College, Portland, Oreg.,…

Richard HINES, Congress, NC (1851)

HINES, Richard, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, N.C., birth date unknown; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1816 and practiced in Raleigh, N.C.;…