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Drexel, Anthony Joseph
(Encyclopedia)Drexel, Anthony Joseph drĕkˈsəl [key], 1826–93, American banker and philanthropist, b. Philadelphia. He entered (1838) at an early age the well-known banking firm of Drexel and Company, founded b...Dooley, Thomas Anthony
(Encyclopedia)Dooley, Thomas Anthony, 1927–61, American physician and author, b. St. Louis, Mo., grad. Univ. of Notre Dame, M.D. St. Louis Univ., 1953. In 1954, Dooley supervised the care and treatment of thousan...Cooper, Anthony Ashley
(Encyclopedia)Cooper, Anthony Ashley: see Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of. ...Fauci, Anthony Stephen
(Encyclopedia)Fauci, Anthony Stephen, 1940–, American physician, immunologist, and government official, b. Brooklyn, New York, M.D. Cornell, 1966. A senior investigator in the National Institute of Allergy and In...Anthony Rodney, Walter
(Encyclopedia)Rodney, Walter, 1942–1980, Scholar and revolutionary, b. Georgetown, British Guiana. Ph.D. School of African and Oriental Studies, 1966. A Pan-African...Sherley, Sir Anthony
(Encyclopedia)Sherley, Sir Anthony: see Shirley, Sir Anthony. ...Shirley, Sir Anthony
(Encyclopedia)Shirley or Sherley, Sir Anthony, 1565–1636?, English adventurer. He fought in the Netherlands (1586) under the earl of Leicester and in France (1591) under the earl of Essex, who became his patron. ...Quitman, John Anthony
(Encyclopedia)Quitman, John Anthony, 1798–1858, American general and politician, b. Rhinebeck, N.Y. He settled in Natchez, Miss., where he practiced law and held a series of political offices, serving in the stat...Panizzi, Sir Anthony
(Encyclopedia)Panizzi, Sir Anthony pänētˈsē [key], 1797–1879, British librarian, b. Italy. A political exile, Panizzi settled in England in 1823 and was naturalized in 1832. He was associated with the British...Browse by Subject
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