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Jackson, Jesse Louis

(Encyclopedia)Jackson, Jesse Louis, 1941–, African-American political leader, clergyman, and civil-rights activist, b. Greenville, S.C. Raised in poverty, he attended the Chicago Theological Seminary (1963–65) ...

Randall, Samuel Jackson

(Encyclopedia)Randall, Samuel Jackson, 1828–90, American politician, b. Philadelphia. A Democrat, he was a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1863 until his death. As speaker (1876–81), he presided over...

Severus, Alexander

(Encyclopedia)Severus, Alexander: see Alexander Severus. ...

Colyn, Alexander

(Encyclopedia)Colyn, Alexander: see Colins, Alexander. ...

Ales, Alexander

(Encyclopedia)Ales, Alexander: see Alesius, Alexander. ...

Colin, Alexander

(Encyclopedia)Colin, Alexander: see Colins, Alexander. ...

Ticknor, William Davis

(Encyclopedia)Ticknor, William Davis, 1810–64, American publisher. John Reed and James T. Fields became Ticknor's partners in Boston, and their firm is best known as Ticknor and Fields. They published the works o...

Alexander John I

(Encyclopedia)Alexander John I, prince of Romania: see Cuza, Alexander John. ...

Mivart, St. George Jackson

(Encyclopedia)Mivart, St. George Jackson mīˈvərt [key], 1827–1900, English anatomist and biologist. He contributed important anatomical studies of the insectivores and carnivores. He was converted to Roman Cat...

Jackson, Maynard Holbrook, Jr.

(Encyclopedia)Jackson, Maynard Holbrook, Jr., 1938–2003, American politician, b. Dallas, Tex., grad. Morehouse College (B.A., 1956), North Carolina Central Univ. (J.D., 1964). Jackson, a Democratic lawyer with a ...