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Bagley, William Chandler
(Encyclopedia)Bagley, William Chandler, 1874–1946, American educator and editor, b. Detroit, grad. Michigan State College (now Michigan State Univ.), 1895, M.S. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1898, Ph.D. Cornell, 1900. He t...Chandler, Harry
(Encyclopedia)Chandler, Harry: see under Chandler, family. ...Chandler, Norman
(Encyclopedia)Chandler, Norman: see under Chandler, family. ...Chandler, Otis
(Encyclopedia)Chandler, Otis: see under Chandler, family. ...Chandler, Zachariah
(Encyclopedia)Chandler, Zachariah, 1813–79, U.S. Senator from Michigan (1857–75, 1879) and Secretary of the Interior (1875–77), b. Bedford, N.H. He moved to Detroit in 1833 and through merchandising, land spe...Chandler, Dorothy Buffum
(Encyclopedia)Chandler, Dorothy Buffum: see under Chandler, family. ...Chandler, Raymond Thornton
(Encyclopedia)Chandler, Raymond Thornton, 1888–1959, American author, b. Chicago, educated in England. After World War I, he entered the oil business in California. Bankrupt during the Depression, he published hi...Chandler, city, Arizona
(Encyclopedia)Chandler, city (2020 pop. 275,987), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., in the Salt River valley; inc. 1920. It is both a residential community and a center ...Harris, Joel Chandler
(Encyclopedia)Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848–1908, American short-story writer and humorist, b. Eatonton, Ga., considered one of the great American regionalist writers. As an apprentice to the editor of the Countrym...Haliburton, Thomas Chandler
(Encyclopedia)Haliburton, Thomas Chandler hălˈĭbûrtən [key], pseud. Sam Slick, 1796–1865, Canadian jurist and author. Haliburton was a judge of the court of common pleas in 1829 and a judge of the provincial...Browse by Subject
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