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Muddy Waters

(McKinley Morganfield)blues singerBorn: 4/4/1915Birthplace: Rolling Fork, Mississippi Blues singer and guitarist who plugged in Delta blues and is considered one of rock's most influential…

America's Troubled Waters

Source: U.S. PIRG, Troubled Waters: An Analysis of Clean Water Act Compliance, 2006. Since 1972, the Clean Water Act has made significant strides in…

Water Supply of the World

The Antarctic Icecap is the largest supply of fresh water, representing nearly 2% of the world's total of fresh and salt water. As can be seen from…

Loria, Roger of

(Encyclopedia) Loria, Roger of: see Roger of Loria.

Luria, Roger of

(Encyclopedia) Luria, Roger of: see Roger of Loria.

Lauria, Roger of

(Encyclopedia) Lauria, Roger of: see Roger of Loria.

Morris, Roger

(Encyclopedia) Morris, Roger, 1727–94, Loyalist in the American Revolution, b. Yorkshire, England. He came (1755) to America as aide-de-camp to Gen. Edward Braddock and fought under James Wolfe at…

Wolcott, Roger

(Encyclopedia) Wolcott, Roger, 1679–1767, American colonial governor of Connecticut, b. Windsor, Conn. A member of an influential Connecticut family, he became a judge and was prominent in the…

Edith Nourse Rogers

U.S. congresswomanBorn: 1881Birthplace: Saco, Maine Edith Nourse married John J. Rogers, a successful lawyer in Lowell, Massachusetts. In 1912 her husband was elected to Congress and Rogers became…

Conant, Roger

(Encyclopedia) Conant, Roger, 1592–1679, one of the founders of Massachusetts, b. East Budleigh, Devonshire, England. He was a salter in London before he went to Plymouth in 1623. Conant lived at…