actorBorn: 3/31/1971Birthplace: Crieff, Scotland Television and film actor who got his big break on the British television series Lipstick on Your Collar (1993), McGregor has since appeared in…
APPLEGATE, Douglas Earl, a Representative from Ohio; born in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, March 27, 1928; attended the public schools; graduated, Steubenville High School, 1947;…
BREWSTER, William K., a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Ardmore, Carter County, Okla., November 8, 1941; attended public schools in Oklahoma and Texas; B.S., Southwestern Oklahoma State…
actressBorn: 4/23/1955Birthplace: Perth, Australia A comic and dramatic actress, she won acclaim for her roles in Gillian Armstrong's My Brilliant Career (1979) and High Tide (1988) and in David…
HENN, Bernhart, a Representative from Iowa; born in Cherry Valley, N.Y., in 1817; attended the common schools; moved to Burlington, Iowa, in 1838; studied law; was admitted to the bar in…
MILLER, Jefferson B. (Jeff), a Representative from Florida; born in St. Petersburg, Hillsborough County, Fla., June 27, 1959; B.A., University of Florida, 1984; real estate broker; sheriff’s…
MILLER, Jefferson B. (Jeff), a Representative from Florida; born in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Fla., June 27, 1959; B.A., University of Florida, 1984; real estate broker; sheriffâs…
(Encyclopedia) pragmatismpragmatismprăgˈmətĭzəm [key], method of philosophy in which the truth of a proposition is measured by its correspondence with experimental results and by its practical…
(Encyclopedia) Pusey, Edward BouveriePusey, Edward Bouveriepy&oomacr;ˈzē [key], 1800–1882, English clergyman, leader in the Oxford movement. Having studied at Christ Church College, Oxford, Pusey…
(Encyclopedia) Stoppard, Tom, 1937–, English playwright, b. Zlín, Czechoslovakia (now in the Czech Republic), as Tomas Straussler. During his childhood he and his family moved to Singapore, later (…
