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Draper, Ruth

(Encyclopedia)Draper, Ruth, 1884–1956, American monologist, b. New York City. The author of 36 monologues, ranging from farce to tragedy, she played the various characters within each sketch with only a change of...

Farlow, William Gilson

(Encyclopedia)Farlow, William Gilson, 1844–1919, American botanist, b. Boston, grad. Harvard, 1866. His chief contributions were made in the study of cryptogamic and parasitic plants. Many eminent botanists recei...

Smith, Samuel Francis

(Encyclopedia)Smith, Samuel Francis, 1808–95, American Baptist clergyman and poet, b. Boston. He is remembered as the author of the national hymn “America,” written while he was a student at Andover Theologic...

Ross, George

(Encyclopedia)Ross, George, 1730–79, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. New Castle, Del. He was a lawyer in Lancaster, Pa., and a member of the colonial ass...

Roth, Frederick George Richard

(Encyclopedia)Roth, Frederick George Richard, 1872–1944, American animal sculptor, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., educated at Bremen, Germany, and studied art in Vienna and Berlin. His elephants, dogs, and horses, whether in...

Trevino, Lee

(Encyclopedia)Trevino, Lee, 1939–, American golfer, b. Dallas, Tex. Personable, witty, and extremely popular, he won the U.S. Open twice (1968 and 1971), the British Open twice (1971–72), and the PGA Championsh...

O'Malley, Frank Ward

(Encyclopedia)O'Malley, Frank Ward, 1875–1932, American newspaperman, b. Pittston, Pa. As reporter (1906–19) for the New York Sun he was especially noted for his stories of humor and pathos. Among his books is ...

Warhol, Andy

(Encyclopedia)Warhol, Andy, 1928–87, American artist and filmmaker, b. Pittsburgh as Andrew Warhola. The leading exponent of the pop art movement and one of the most influential artists of the late 20th cent., he...

Lincoln, Levi

(Encyclopedia)Lincoln, Levi, 1749–1820, American public official, b. Hingham, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1772. A lawyer, he held various local offices during the American Revolution and later became a Jeffersonian pol...

Kirby, William

(Encyclopedia)Kirby, William, 1817–1906, Canadian author, b. England. He was a journalist and civil servant. Besides volumes of verse and tales, he wrote The Golden Dog (1877), also published as Le Chien d'or (18...