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Ralph NaderJacques NeckerArthur NegusWalter Loomis NewberryJohn NewberyMontagu Collet, NormanSir Dudley NorthWilliam Richard Morris, NuffieldAdolph S. OchsBertil OhlinScott Oki Frank Ward O'…

Calvin, John

(Encyclopedia) Calvin, John, 1509–64, French Protestant theologian of the Reformation, b. Noyon, Picardy. The extension of Calvinism to all spheres of human activity was extremely important to a…

John Milan ASHBROOK, Congress, OH (1928-1982)

ASHBROOK, John Milan, (son of William A. Ashbrook and husband of Jean Spencer Ashbrook), a Representative from Ohio; born in Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio, September 21, 1928; graduated from…

Somme, Battles of the

(Encyclopedia) Somme, Battles of the, two engagements fought during World War I near the Somme River, N France. The first battle (July–Nov., 1916) was an Allied offensive. The British, commanded by…

Scott, Sir Walter

(Encyclopedia) Scott, Sir Walter, 1771–1832, Scottish novelist and poet, b. Edinburgh. He is considered the father of both the regional and the historical novel. Scott's narrative poems…

Hodgkin, Sir Alan Lloyd

(Encyclopedia) Hodgkin, Sir Alan Lloyd, 1914–98, English biophysicist. For their work in analyzing the electrical and chemical events in nerve-cell discharge, he and Andrew Huxley shared with Sir…

Cairnes, John Elliot

(Encyclopedia) Cairnes, John ElliotCairnes, John Elliotkârnz [key], 1823–75, Irish economist, a follower of John Stuart Mill. His Slave Power (1862), a defense of the North in the American Civil War…

John Edward NELSON, Congress, ME (1874-1955)

NELSON, John Edward, (father of Charles Pembroke Nelson), a Representative from Maine; born in China, Kennebec County, Maine, July 12, 1874; attended the common and high schools of Waterville…

John Augustus SWOPE, Congress, PA (1827-1910)

SWOPE, John Augustus, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa., December 25, 1827; attended the common schools at Gettysburg, Pa., and Mount St. Mary’s…