(Encyclopedia) Wace, Alan John Bayard, 1879–1957, English archaeologist. From 1914 to 1923 he was director of the British School at Athens. He served as professor of classical archaeology at…
(Encyclopedia) WaceWacewās [key], c.1100–1174, Norman-French poet of Jersey. King Henry II made him canon of Bayeux. His Roman de Brut (1155) is a long, rhymed chronicle of British history based on…
BAYARD, John Bubenheim, (uncle of James Asheton Bayard, Sr.), a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born at Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Md., August 11, 1738; moved to Pennsylvania in 1756 and settled…
(Encyclopedia) Anderson, John Bayard, 1922–2017, U.S. politician, b. Rockford, Ill., grad. Univ. of Illinois (B.A. 1939, J.D. 1946), Harvard law school (LL.M. 1949). After serving in the army (1943–…
ANDERSON, John Bayard, a Representative from Illinois; born in Rockford, Winnebago County, Ill., February 15, 1922; graduated from Rockford High School, Rockford, Ill., 1939; A.B., University…
Senate Years of Service: 1804-1813Party: FederalistBAYARD, James Asheton, Sr., (father of Richard Henry Bayard and James Asheton Bayard, Jr., nephew of John Bubenheim Bayard, grandfather of…
(Encyclopedia) Bayard, Thomas FrancisBayard, Thomas Francisbīˈərd [key], 1828–98, U.S. statesman, b. Wilmington, Del.; son of James Asheton Bayard (1799–1880). He began his law practice at Wilmington…
(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Bayard, 1825–78, American journalist and author, b. Kennett Square, Pa. His romantic verse in Ximena … and Other Poems (1844) secured him a long-standing assignment as…
Senate Years of Service: 1851-1864; 1867-1869Party: Democrat; DemocratBAYARD, James Asheton, Jr., (son of James Asheton Bayard, Sr., brother of Richard Henry Bayard, grandson of Richard…
