MARLENEE, Ronald Charles, a Representative from Montana; born in Scobey, Daniels County, Mont., August 8, 1935; educated in the public schools of Daniels County; attended: Montana State…
clergyman, abolitionist Born: 1735 Birthplace: Barbados Hall established the African Lodge of the Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons of Boston in 1775. It was the first lodge of Black…
KOSMAS, Suzanne M., a Representative from Florida; born in Washington, Washington County, D.C., February 25, 1944; attended Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pa., 1961-1963;…
actorBorn: 8/31/1928Birthplace: Laurel, Nebraska Academy Award-winning actor best known for his distinctive deep voice and playing tough guys and villains in numerous westerns and action films. He…
DAVIES, Edward, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Churchtown, Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pa., in November 1779; attended the rural schools; engaged in agricultural and…
DEMING, Benjamin F., a Representative from Vermont; born in Danville, Caledonia County, Vt., in 1790; pursued an academic course; engaged in mercantile pursuits; member of the Governorâs…
OGLE, Charles, (son of Alexander Ogle and uncle of Andrew Jackson Ogle), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Somerset, Somerset County, Pa., in 1798; completed preparatory studies;…
(Encyclopedia) America, in music, a patriotic hymn of the United States. The words (beginning “My country, 'tis of thee”) were written in 1832 by Samuel Francis Smith while he was a theological…
(Encyclopedia) Opie, Iona, 1923–2017, b. Iona Margaret Balfour Archibald, and Peter Mason Opie, 1918–1982, British folklorists of the rhymes, games, and songs of children's culture and literature.…
(Encyclopedia) Fukuyama, Francis, 1952–, American political scientist, b. Chicago, grad. Cornell (B.A., 1974), Harvard (Ph.D., 1981). He has been a political scientist at the RAND Corporation (1979–…
