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Shaw, Anna Howard

(Encyclopedia) Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847–1919, American woman-suffrage leader, b. England. She emigrated (1851) to the United States in early childhood and grew up on a farm in Michigan. She received a…

Quitman, John Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Quitman, John Anthony, 1798–1858, American general and politician, b. Rhinebeck, N.Y. He settled in Natchez, Miss., where he practiced law and held a series of political offices,…

Trollope, Fanny

(Encyclopedia) Trollope, Fanny: see under Trollope, Anthony.

Avon, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia) Avon, 1st earl of: see Eden, Anthony, 1st earl of Avon.

Comstock, Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Comstock, AnthonyComstock, Anthonykŏmˈstŏk [key], 1844–1915, American morals crusader, b. New Canaan, Conn. He served with the Union army in the Civil War and was later active as an…

Pople, Sir John Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Pople, Sir John AnthonyPople, Sir John Anthonypōpˈəl [key], 1925–2004, British computational chemist. Trained as a mathematician at Cambridge (B.A. 1946, Ph.D. 1951), he worked at…