(Encyclopedia) Snow, C. P. (Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow of Leicester), 1905–80, English author and physicist. Snow had an active, varied career, including several important positions in the…
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WALLACE, William Henson, a Delegate from the Territories of Washington and Idaho; born in Troy, Miami County, Ohio, July 19, 1811; attended the common schools of Indiana; studied law; was…
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HILL, Baron P., a Representative from Indiana; born in Seymour, Jackson County, Ind., June 23, 1953; attended Seymour High School, Seymour, Ind.; B.A., Furman University, Greenville, S.C.,…
