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Knolles, Sir Robert

(Encyclopedia) Knolles or Knollys, Sir RobertKnolles or Knollys, Sir Robertboth: nōlz [key], d. 1407, English military commander in the Hundred Years War. He became a leader of a company of…

Fred Gustus JOHNSON, Congress, NE (1876-1951)

JOHNSON, Fred Gustus, a Representative from Nebraska; born on a farm near Dorchester, Saline County, Nebr., October 16, 1876; attended the country schools; was graduated from Dorchester (Nebr…

Jesse Johnson YEATES, Congress, NC (1829-1892)

YEATES, Jesse Johnson, a Representative from North Carolina; born near Murfreesboro, Hertford County, N.C., May 29, 1829; attended private schools and Emory and Henry College, Emory, Va.;…

Byron Lindberg JOHNSON, Congress, CO (1917-2000)

JOHNSON, Byron Lindberg, a Representative from Colorado; born in Chicago, Ill., October 12, 1917; graduated from Oconomowoc High School, Oconomowoc, Wis., 1933; B.A., University of Wisconsin,…

Nozick, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Nozick, Robert, 1938–2002, American political philosopher, b. Brooklyn, N.Y.; grad. Columbia Univ. (B.A., 1959), Princeton (M.A., 1961; Ph.D., 1963). After teaching at Princeton and…