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Schirra, Wally

(Encyclopedia) Schirra, Wally, (Walter Marty Schirra, Jr.), 1923–2007, the only American astronaut to fly in all of NASA's first three manned spaceflight programs, b. Hackensack, N.J., grad. U.S.…

Shockley, William Bradford

(Encyclopedia) Shockley, William Bradford, 1910–89, American physicist, b. London. He graduated from the California Institute of Technology (B.S., 1932) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology…

Gondomar, Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de

(Encyclopedia) Gondomar, Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde deGondomar, Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde degŏnˈdəmär, Span. dyāˈgō särmyānˈtō ᵺā äk&oomacr;ˈnyä kōnˈdā ᵺā gōndōmärˈ [key], 1567?–1626,…

Gorgas, William Crawford

(Encyclopedia) Gorgas, William Crawford, 1854–1920, American disease and sanitation expert, surgeon general of the United States, b. Mobile, Ala., grad. Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1879. He…

Social Gospel

(Encyclopedia) Social Gospel, liberal movement within American Protestantism that attempted to apply biblical teachings to problems associated with industrialization. It took form during the latter…

Bultmann, Rudolf Karl

(Encyclopedia) Bultmann, Rudolf KarlBultmann, Rudolf Karlb&oobreve;ltˈmän [key], 1884–1976, German existentialist theologian, educated at the universities of Tübingen, Berlin, and Marburg. He…

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John Naber Bronko Nagurski James Naismith Joe Namath Ilie Nastase Martina Navratilova Cosmas Ndeti Earle (Greasy) Neale Primo Nebiolo Byron Nelson…

Entertainment Bios — W

Mark WahlbergTom WaitsChristopher WalkenAlice WalkerEli WallachThe WallflowersJ. T. WalshRay WalstonBarbara WaltersJulie WaltersSam WanamakerVera WangWayne WangFred WardRachel WardAndy…

Boston, Mass.

Mayor: Marty Walsh (to Jan. 2018)2010 census population (rank): 617,594 (22); Male: 295,951 (47.1%); Female, 321,643 (52.9%); White: 333,033 (53.9%); Black: 150,437 (22.4%); American Indian and…

Olin Earl TEAGUE, Congress, TX (1910-1981)

TEAGUE, Olin Earl, a Representative from Texas; born in Woodward, Woodward County, Okla., April 6, 1910; attended elementary and high school in Mena, Ark.; B.A., Texas Agricultural and…