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Edgar Lanier (Ed) JENKINS, Congress, GA (1933)

JENKINS, Edgar Lanier (Ed), a Representative from Georgia; born in Young Harris, Towns County, Ga., January 4, 1933; graduated from Union County, Blairsville, Ga., 1949; A.A., Young Harris…

John James JENKINS, Congress, WI (1843-1911)

JENKINS, John James, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Weymouth, England, August 24, 1843; attended the common schools; immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in…

Thomas Albert JENKINS, Congress, OH (1880-1959)

JENKINS, Thomas Albert, a Representative from Ohio; born at Oak Hill, Jackson County, Ohio, October 28, 1880; attended the grade and high schools; was graduated from Providence University, Oak…

David Jenkins WARD, Congress, MD (1871-1961)

WARD, David Jenkins, a Representative from Maryland; born in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md., September 17, 1871; attended the public schools; farmer; lumberjack; merchant; real estate…

Walpole, Robert, 1st earl of Orford

(Encyclopedia) Walpole, Robert, 1st earl of Orford, 1676–1745, English statesman. Walpole is usually described as the first prime minister of Great Britain, but he was not a prime minister in the…

John HEMPHILL, Congress, TX (1803-1862)

Senate Years of Service: 1859-1861Party: DemocratHEMPHILL, John, (uncle of John James Hemphill and great-great-uncle of Robert Witherspoon Hemphill), a Senator from Texas; born in Chester…

Foster, Norman Robert, Baron Foster of Thames Bank

(Encyclopedia) Foster, Norman Robert, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, 1935–, British architect, b. Manchester, grad. Manchester Univ. school of architecture (1961), Yale school of architecture (M.A.,…

Robert Maxwell

(Jan Ludvik Hoch)publisher, media mogulBorn: 6/10/1923Birthplace: Slatinske Dòly, Czech Republic He fled the Nazi invasion of Czecholovakia in 1939 and settled in Britain, though most of his family…