(Encyclopedia) Hartline, Haldan Keffer, 1903–83, American physiologist, b. Bloomsburg, Pa., M.D. Johns Hopkins, 1927. From 1931 to 1949 (except for 1940–41), he was a researcher at the Eldridge…
(Encyclopedia) Cary, Joyce (Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary), 1888–1957, English author. From 1910 to 1920 he served as an administrator and soldier in Nigeria. Several of his early works, including Mister…
(Encyclopedia) bluestocking, derisive term originally applied to certain 18th-century women with pronounced literary interests. During the 1750s, Elizabeth Vesey held evening parties, at which the…
REECE, Louise Goff, (wife of Brazilla Carroll Reece, daughter of Guy D. Goff, and granddaughter of Nathan Goff), a Representative from Tennessee; born in Milwaukee, Wis., November 6, 1898;…
HILL, William Henry, a Representative from New York; born in Plains, Luzerne County, Pa., March 23, 1877; attended the public schools; was graduated from the high school at Binghamton, N.Y.;…
Senate Years of Service: 1866-1867; 1867-1869Party: Unionist; DemocratPATTERSON, David Trotter, (son-in-law of Andrew Johnson), a Senator from Tennessee; born at Cedar Creek, near Greeneville…
TAYLOR, Alfred Alexander, (son of Nathaniel Green Taylor and brother of Robert Love Taylor), a Representative from Tennessee; born in Happy Valley, Carter County, Tenn., August 6, 1848;…
rock group With the release of 1994's Cracked Rear View, which yielded the popular singles “Hold My Hand,” “Let Her Cry,” and “Only Want To Be With You,” Hootie & the Blowfish became a…
Keir Starmer became prime minister of the United Kingdom in 2024, leading the Labour Party as it ended a 14-year run of Conservative Party rule. Keir Starmer grew up in the southern England town of…
(Encyclopedia) Mies van der Rohe, LudwigMies van der Rohe, Ludwigl&oomacr;tˈvĭkh mēˈĕs vän dĕr rōˈə [key], 1886–1969, German-American architect. A pioneer of modern architecture and one of its…
