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Russell SAGE, Congress, NY (1816-1906)
SAGE Russell , a Representative from New York; born in Shenandoah, Oneida County, N.Y., August 4, 1816; moved with his parents to Durhamville in 1818; attended the public schools; engaged in…Robert Russell WHITTAKER, Congress, KS (1939)
WHITTAKER Robert Russell , a Representative from Kansas; born in Eureka, Greenwood County, Kans., September 18, 1939; attended the Greenwood County public schools; attended Kansas University,…Albert Russell WYNN, Congress, MD (1951)
WYNN Albert Russell , a Representative from Maryland; born in Philadelphia, Montgomery County, Pa., September 10, 1951; graduated from DuVal High School, Lanham, Md., 1969; B.S., University of…Mills, Charles Wade
(Encyclopedia) Mills, Charles W., 1951–2021, philosopher and political theorist, b. London, Ph.D. University of Toronto, 1985. Born in the U.K. and…Coward, Noël
(Encyclopedia) Coward, Noël (Sir Noël Pierce Coward)Coward, Noëlnōˈəl [key], 1899–1973, English playwright, actor, composer, and director, b. Teddington, England. Coward first gained wide prominence…dairying
(Encyclopedia) dairying, business of producing, processing, and distributing milk and milk products. Ninety percent of the world's milk is obtained from cows; the remainder comes from goats,…Warburg, Aby
(Encyclopedia) Warburg, Aby (Abraham Moritz Warburg), 1866–1929, German historian of art and culture, b. Hamburg, studied art history in Bonn, Munich, Florence, and Strasbourg, where he received a…mass-luminosity relation
(Encyclopedia) mass-luminosity relation, in astronomy, law stating that the luminosity of a star is proportional to some power of the mass of the star. More massive stars are in general more luminous…Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
(Encyclopedia) Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, founded 1895; the Cincinnati Orchestra (est. 1872) formed the nucleus of the orchestra. Since 1896 its concerts have been held in the 3,516-seat Springer…Chamberlain, Wilt
(Encyclopedia) Chamberlain, Wilt (Wilton Norman Chamberlain), 1936–99, American basketball player, b. Philadelphia. At the Univ. of Kansas he was a two-time All-American center. During 14 seasons in…Trending
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