WHITEHILL, Robert, (brother of John Whitehill and uncle of James Whitehill), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pequea, Lancaster County, Pa., July 21, 1738; attended the common…
(Encyclopedia) Owen, Robert, 1771–1858, British social reformer and socialist, pioneer in the cooperative movement. The son of a saddler, he had little formal education but was a zealous reader. At…
DAVIS, Robert Lee, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., October 29, 1893; educated in the public schools; graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I.;…
BROWN, John Robert, a Representative from Virginia; born near Snow Creek, Franklin County, Va., January 14, 1842; attended private schools in Franklin and Henry Counties; entered the…
(Encyclopedia) Browning, Robert, 1812–89, English poet. His remarkably broad and sound education was primarily the work of his artistic and scholarly parents—in particular his father, a London bank…
(Encyclopedia) Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786–1846, English historical painter and writer. A painter in the Grand Manner expounded by Reynolds, Haydon was also a popular teacher, writer, and lecturer…
CHILDS, Robert Andrew, a Representative from Illinois; born in Malone, Franklin County, N.Y., March 22, 1845; moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled near Belvidere, Boone County, in…
(Encyclopedia) Rogers, Robert, 1731–95, American frontiersman, b. Methuen, Mass. As a child he moved with his family to the New Hampshire frontier. In King George's War (1744–48) he served briefly as…
(Encyclopedia) Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809–82, English naturalist, b. Shrewsbury; grandson of Erasmus Darwin and of Josiah Wedgwood. He firmly established the theory of organic evolution known as…
LIVINGSTON, Robert Linligthgow, Jr., a Representative from Louisiana; born in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo., April 30, 1943; graduated from St. Martinâs High School, New Orleans,…
