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Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon

(Encyclopedia) Menzies, Sir Robert GordonMenzies, Sir Robert Gordonmĕnˈzēz [key], 1894–1978, Australian statesman. A barrister, Menzies was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 1934…

Seligman, Edwin Robert Anderson

(Encyclopedia) Seligman, Edwin Robert AndersonSeligman, Edwin Robert Andersonsĕlˈĭgmən [key], 1861–1939, American economist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Columbia, 1885. As professor (1885–1931) at…

Jonathan ROBERTS, Congress, PA (1771-1854)

Senate Years of Service: 1814-1821Party: Democratic RepublicanROBERTS, Jonathan, a Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania; born near Norristown, Pa., August 16, 1771; privately tutored…

Klein, Lawrence Robert

(Encyclopedia) Klein, Lawrence Robert, 1920–2013, American economist, b. Omaha, Nebr., Ph.D Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1944. He was active in academia, government, and private research…

Service, Robert William

(Encyclopedia) Service, Robert William, 1874–1958, Canadian poet and novelist, b. England, educated at the Univ. of Glasgow. He went to Canada in 1897 and held odd jobs in British Columbia and at…

Drew, Robert Lincoln

(Encyclopedia) Drew, Robert Lincoln, 1924–2014, American documentary filmmaker, b. Toledo, Ohio. After serving in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, he worked for Life as a writer and…

Kahn, Robert Elliot

(Encyclopedia) Kahn, Robert Elliot, 1938–, American computer scientist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., B.E.E. City College of New York, 1960, Ph.D. Princeton, 1964. With Vinton Cerf, he is responsible for the…

Wood, Robert Williams

(Encyclopedia) Wood, Robert Williams, 1868–1955, American physicist, b. Concord, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1891). After studying abroad he became associated with Johns Hopkins as professor of…

Robert II, king of France

(Encyclopedia) Robert II (Robert the Pious), 970–1031, king of France (996–1031); son of Hugh Capet, with whom he was joint king after 987. Distinguished for his piety and learning, he also sought to…

Robert WEXLER, Congress, FL (1961)

WEXLER, Robert, a Representative from Florida; born in Queens, Queens County, N.Y., January 2, 1961; graduated from Hollywood Hills High School, Hollywood, Fla.; B.A., University of Florida,…