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Blackmur, Richard Palmer

(Encyclopedia) Blackmur, Richard Palmer, 1904–65, American critic and poet, b. Springfield, Mass. Although he had no formal education after high school, he was a resident fellow (1940–48) and…

Richard BASSETT, Congress, DE (1745-1815)

Senate Years of Service: 1789-1793 Party: Anti-Administration; Pro-Administration BASSETT, Richard, (grandfather of Richard Henry Bayard and James Asheton Bayard, Jr.), a Senator from Delaware;…

Richard Schultz SCHWEIKER, Congress, PA (1926)

Senate Years of Service: 1969-1981Party: RepublicanSCHWEIKER, Richard Schultz, a Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa., June 1, 1926;…

Richard STOCKTON, Congress, NJ (1764-1828)

Senate Years of Service: 1796-1799Party: FederalistSTOCKTON, Richard, (son of Richard Stockton [1730-1781], father of Robert Field Stockton, grandfather of John Potter Stockton, and uncle of…

Richard OLNEY, Congress, MA (1871-1939)

OLNEY, Richard, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Milton, Stafford County, N.H., January 5, 1871; attended the public schools and Leicester Academy; was graduated from Brown…

Le Gallienne, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Le Gallienne, Richard, 1866–1947, English man of letters. As literary critic and contributor to the Yellow Book, he was associated with the fin-de-siècle aesthetes of the 1890s before…

Shaw, Richard Norman

(Encyclopedia) Shaw, Richard Norman, 1831–1912, English architect. Breaking away from contemporary Victorian house designs and returning to the Queen Anne and Georgian styles and to traditional…

YATES, Richard, Congress, IL (1860-1936)

YATES, Richard, (son of Richard Yates [1815-1873]), a Representative from Illinois; born in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., December 12, 1860; attended public schools and Illinois Woman’s…

Morris, Richard Valentine

(Encyclopedia) Morris, Richard Valentine, 1768–1815, American naval officer, b. Morrisania, N.Y. (now part of the Bronx); son of Lewis Morris (1726–98). After the American Revolution he entered the…

Owen, Sir Richard

(Encyclopedia) Owen, Sir Richard, 1804–92, English zoologist and comparative anatomist. He studied medicine in Edinburgh and in 1827 joined the staff of the Hunterian museum of the Royal College of…