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Edward Hills WASON, Congress, NH (1865-1941)
WASON Edward Hills , a Representative from New Hampshire; born in New Boston, Hillsborough County, N.H., September 2, 1865; attended public and private schools and Francestown (N.H.) Academy; was…1957 Emmy Awards
Best Dramatic Series With Continuing CharactersGunsmoke (CBS)Best Dramatic Anthology SeriesPlayhouse 90 (CBS)Actor, Best Single Performance, Lead or SupportPeter Ustinov, Omnibus: The Life of…Simkhovitch, Mary Kingsbury
(Encyclopedia) Simkhovitch, Mary KingsburySimkhovitch, Mary Kingsburysĭmkōˈvĭch [key], 1867–1951, American social worker, b. Chestnut Hill, Mass., grad. Boston Univ., 1890. After further study at…Barrès, Maurice
(Encyclopedia) Barrès, MauriceBarrès, Mauricemôrēsˈ bärĕsˈ [key], 1862–1923, French novelist and nationalist politician. As an advocate of the supremacy of the individual self, he wrote the trilogy…Putnam, Israel
(Encyclopedia) Putnam, Israel, 1718–90, American Revolutionary general, b. Salem (now Danvers), Mass. A farmer at Pomfret, Conn., he fought in the French and Indian Wars, seeing action at Montreal (…Scruggs, Earl Eugene
(Encyclopedia) Scruggs, Earl Eugene, 1924–2012, American banjo player, b. Flint Hill, N.C. He developed a distinctive syncopated, three-finger style on the five-string banjo that changed the way it…Sancar, Aziz
(Encyclopedia) Sancar, Aziz, 1946–, Turkish-American biochemist and molecular biologist, M.D. Istanbul Univ., 1969, Ph.D. Univ. of Texas at Dallas, 1977. From 1977to 1982, Sancar was a researcher at…Ares
(Encyclopedia) AresAresârˈēz [key], in Greek religion and mythology, Olympian god of war. He is usually said to be the son of Zeus and Hera; but in some legends he and Eris, his twin sister, were…Lawrence, Abbott
(Encyclopedia) Lawrence, Abbott, 1792–1855, American manufacturer and statesman, b. Groton, Mass. Apprenticed (1808) to his brother Amos, a Boston merchant, Abbott became (1814) a partner with Amos…Horton, George Moses
(Encyclopedia) Horton, George Moses, c.1797–c.1883, African-American writer, b. near Raleigh, N.C. Born into slavery, he worked as a handyman at the Univ. of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where he…Trending
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