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Hastings, Warren

(Encyclopedia) Hastings, Warren, 1732–1818, first governor-general of British India. Employed (1750) as a clerk by the East India Company, he soon became manager of a trading post in Bengal. When…

Nirenberg, Marshall Warren

(Encyclopedia) Nirenberg, Marshall Warren, 1927–2010, American biochemist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Ph.D., Univ. of Michigan, 1947. He spent his entire career as a researcher at the National Institutes of…

Christopher, Warren Minor

(Encyclopedia) Christopher, Warren Minor, 1925–2011, U.S. government official, b. Scranton, N.Dak. He studied law at Stanford (1946–49) and was a clerk to Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas (…

Young, Michael Warren

(Encyclopedia) Young, Michael Warren, 1949–, American geneticist, b. Miami, Fla., Ph.D. Univ. of Texas, Austin, 1975. Young has been on the faculty at Rockefeller Univ. since 1978, and he was also an…

Charles Warren STONE, Congress, PA (1843-1912)

STONE, Charles Warren, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Groton, Middlesex County, Mass., June 29, 1843; attended Lawrence Academy at Groton, and was graduated from Williams College…

Rick Barry

Born: Mar. 28, 1944Basketball F only player to lead both NBA and ABA in scoring; 5-time All-NBA 1st team; Finals MVP with Golden St. in 1975. Perfected the underhand foul shot.

Rick Mears

Born: Dec. 3, 1951Auto racer 3-time CART national champ (1979,81-82); 4-time winner of Indy 500 (1979,84,88,91) and only driver to win 6 Indy 500 poles; Indy 500 Rookie of Year (1978); retired…

Rick Pitino

Born: Sept. 18, 1952Basketball won 1996 NCAA title in his 7th year at Kentucky; previously coached the New York Knicks in the NBA (96-81 overall), Providence College (42-23) and Boston University (…

Rick Moranis

actorBorn: 4/18/1954Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario Moranis's comic talent suits a variety of roles; he is particularly known for portrayals of the wacky eccentric and the definitive nerd. A veteran…