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Adams, Robert McCormick, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Adams, Robert McCormick, Jr., 1926โ, American anthropologist, b. Chicago, Ill., grad. Univ. of Chicago (Ph.B., 1947; M.A., 1952; Ph.D., 1956). He served on the faculty of the Univ. of Chicago (1955โ...Adams National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Adams National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Ward, John Quincy Adams
(Encyclopedia)Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830โ1910, American sculptor, b. Urbana, Ohio. He was trained under H. K. Brown, whom he assisted in the execution of the equestrian statue of George Washington in New York ...Adams, John, American composer
(Encyclopedia)Adams, John (John Coolidge Adams), 1947โ, American composer, b. Worcester, Mass. A clarinetist, he studied composition at Harvard (B.A. 1969, M.A. 1971). Often regarded as the most outstanding, tech...Colville, river, United States
(Encyclopedia)Colville, river, c.375 mi (600 km) long, rising in the De Long Mts. of the Brooks Range, NW Alaska, and flowing across the tundra, east then north, to the Arctic Ocean. All of its major tributaries ri...Clark, Walter
(Encyclopedia)Clark, Walter, 1846โ1924, American jurist, b. Halifax co., N.C., grad. Univ. of North Carolina (A.B., 1864; A.M., 1867). He entered the Confederate army at 15 and was commended for gallantry in acti...Adams, John, 2d President of the United States
(Encyclopedia)Adams, John, 1735โ1826, 2d President of the United States (1797โ1801), b. Quincy (then in Braintree), Mass., grad. Harvard, 1755. John Adams and his wife, Abigail Adams, founded one of the most di...Adams, Charles Francis, 1807โ86, American public official
(Encyclopedia)Adams, Charles Francis, 1807โ86, American public official, minister to Great Britain (1861โ68), b. Boston; son of John Quincy Adams. After a boyhood spent in various European capitals, he was grad...Adams, Charles Francis, 1835โ1915, American economist and historian
(Encyclopedia)Adams, Charles Francis, 1835โ1915, American economist and historian, b. Boston; son of Charles Francis Adams (1807โ86). In the Civil War he fought at Antietam and Gettysburg and was brevetted brig...Adams, Charles Francis, 1866โ1954, U.S. Secretary of the Navy
(Encyclopedia)Adams, Charles Francis, 1866โ1954, U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1929โ33), b. Quincy, Mass.; grandson of Charles Francis Adams (1807โ86). He practiced law for a brief period in Boston but for most...Browse by Subject
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