(Encyclopedia) Hopkins, Samuel, 1721–1803, American clergyman and theologian, b. Waterbury, Conn., grad. Yale, 1741. He was a leading disciple of Jonathan Edwards, whose theology was the foundation…
(Encyclopedia) Colt, Samuel, 1814–62, American inventor, b. Hartford, Conn. In 1835–36, he patented a revolving-breech pistol and founded at Paterson, N.J., the Patent Arms Company, which failed in…
(Encyclopedia) Adams, Samuel, 1722–1803, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Boston, Mass.; second cousin of John Adams. An unsuccessful…
(Encyclopedia) Kirkland, Samuel, 1741–1808, American missionary, b. Norwich, Conn. He visited the Oneida tribe in 1764 and in 1766 began living with them according to their customs, preaching to them…
(Encyclopedia) Schwabe, Samuel HeinrichSchwabe, Samuel Heinrichzäˈm&oomacr;ĕl hīnˈrĭkh shväbˈə [key], 1789–1875, German apothecary and amateur astronomer. In the hope of discovering a new planet…
(Encyclopedia) Untermyer, Samuel, 1858–1940, American lawyer and civic leader, b. Lynchburg, Va., grad. Columbia law school, 1878. He gained fame as a lawyer and took part in some of the country's…
(Encyclopedia) Hoogstraten, Samuel vanHoogstraten, Samuel vansäˈmüĕl vän hōkhˈsträtən [key], 1627–78, Dutch portrait painter and etcher, studied with his father, Dirk van Hoogstraten (1596–1640), and…
(Encyclopedia) Cunard, Sir SamuelCunard, Sir Samuelky&oomacr;närdˈ [key], 1787–1865, Canadian pioneer of regular transatlantic steam navigation, b. Halifax, N.S. The son of a United Empire…
(Encyclopedia) Gatschet, Albert SamuelGatschet, Albert Samuelgăˈchĭt [key], 1832–1907, American ethnologist, b. Switzerland. He was trained as a linguist in the universities of Bern and Berlin, and…
(Encyclopedia) Carter, Samuel PowhatanCarter, Samuel Powhatanpouˌətănˈ, pouhătˈən [key], 1819–91, American naval officer and Union general in the Civil War, b. Elizabethton, Tenn., grad. Annapolis,…
