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Charles Edmund BOYLE, Congress, PA (1836-1888)

BOYLE, Charles Edmund, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., February 4, 1836; attended the common schools, and Waynesburg College, Waynesburg, Greene…

Top 10 Selling Musical Artists, 2010

In 2010, Taylor Swift topped the charts in America with her albums sales. The following table lists the rank, artist, and U.S. sales data for the top ten selling musical artists of 2010…

Boyle, Richard, 1st earl of Cork

(Encyclopedia) Boyle, Richard, 1st earl of Cork, 1566–1643, English settler in Ireland. He first went to Ireland in 1588 and in 1602 purchased for a small sum Sir Walter Raleigh's large landholdings…

United Mine Workers of America

(Encyclopedia) United Mine Workers of America (UMW), international labor union formed (1890) by the amalgamation of the National Progressive Union (organized 1888) and the mine locals under the…

Harper, Ida Husted

(Encyclopedia) Harper, Ida Husted, 1851–1931, American woman suffragist. Allied with the woman-suffrage movement from 1898, she became the official reporter and historian of the National American…

Lismore, town, Republic of Ireland

(Encyclopedia) LismoreLismorelĭsmôrˈ, lĭz– [key], town (1991 pop. 715), Co. Waterford, S Republic of Ireland, on the Blackwater River. It is a market town with a salmon fishing industry. In the 7th…