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Ferguson, Miriam A. Wallace
(Encyclopedia)Ferguson, Miriam A. Wallace (Ma Ferguson): see under Ferguson, James Edward. ...Hart, H. L. A.
(Encyclopedia)Hart, H. L. A. (Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart), 1907–92, British legal philosopher. A lawyer and trained philosopher—he was a legal positivist—Hart subjected legal concepts to scrutiny in such wo...Erlenmeyer, Richard A. C. E.
(Encyclopedia)Erlenmeyer, Richard A. C. E. ĕrˈlənmīˌər [key], 1825–1909, German chemist. He studied at Giessen under Justus von Liebig and at Heidelberg under Friedrich Kekulé, both German chemists. Erlenm...Kalam, A. P. J. Abdul
(Encyclopedia)Kalam, A. P. J. Abdul (Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam), 1921–2015, Indian scientist and political leader, studied St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli (grad. 1954), Madras Institute of Technol...W. A. C. Bennett Dam
(Encyclopedia)W. A. C. Bennett Dam: see Peace, river, Canada. ...Harry S. Truman National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia)Harry S. Truman National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia)Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Morris, William
(Encyclopedia)Morris, William, 1834–96, English poet, artist, craftsman, designer, social reformer, and printer. He has long been considered one of the great Victorians and has been called the greatest English de...James A. Garfield National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia)James A. Garfield National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Welty, Eudora
(Encyclopedia)Welty, Eudora, 1909–2001, American author, b. Jackson, Miss., grad. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1929. One of the important American regional writers of the 20th cent. and one of the finest short-story write...Browse by Subject
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