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Charles Kuralt 1997 Deaths

Charles KuraltAge: 62 broadcast journalist The wistful reporter explored back roads and small towns, chronicling the lives of ordinary Americans for his CBS News segment “On the Road.” Kuralt…

Henry Charles Carey Biography

Henry Charles Careyeconomist, publisherBorn: 12/15/1793Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pa. Having foregone college to get an early start in his father's publishing business, he became a partner by…

John Charles Harsanyi Biography

John Charles Harsanyieconomist, educatorBorn: 5/29/1920Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary After training in economics in his native Budapest, then in Australia and in the United States, he became a…

Charles A. Stone Biography

Charles A. Stone electrical engineerBorn: 1867Birthplace: Newton, Mass. Stone met his lifelong friend and partner, Edwin Webster, while they were studying electrical engineering at the…

Charles, Prince of Wales Biography

Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor)Heir to the Throne of Great BritainBorn: 11/14/1948Birthplace: London, England Eldest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince…

Charles Frambach Berlitz Biography

Charles Frambach Berlitzeducator, publisherBorn: 1914Birthplace: New York City A gifted linguist, he graduated from Yale in 1936 and began running his grandfather's intensive language-…

Charles Francis Brush Biography

Charles Francis Brushengineer, inventorBorn: 3/17/1849Birthplace: Euclid Township, Ohio After studying mining engineering at the University of Michigan, he worked as a chemist and an iron…

Charles G. Roberts: The Recessional

The RecessionalCharles G. RobertsNow along the solemn heights Fade the Autumn's altar-lights; Down the great earth's glimmering chancel Glide the days and nights.Little kindred of the grass…

Charles Hanson Towne: The City

The CityCharles Hanson TowneWhen, sick of all the sorrow and distress That flourished in the City like foul weeds, I sought blue rivers and green, opulent meads, And leagues of unregarded…

A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens

by Charles Dickens   Contents Preface Marley's Ghost The First of the Three Spirits The Second of the Three Spirits The Last of the Spirits The End of It