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Fred Lewis CRAWFORD, Congress, MI (1888-1957)

CRAWFORD Fred Lewis , a Representative from Michigan; born in Dublin, Erath County, Tex., May 5, 1888; attended the public schools, business college at Peniel, Tex., and the University of Michigan…

Fred Nelson CUMMINGS, Congress, CO (1864-1952)

CUMMINGS Fred Nelson , a Representative from Colorado; born on a farm near Groveton, Coos County, N.H., September 18, 1864; in 1865 moved with his parents to Clinton, Iowa, and in 1879 to a farm…

Fred Ernst BUSBEY, Congress, IL (1895-1966)

BUSBEY Fred Ernst , a Representative from Illinois; born in Tuscola, Douglas County, Ill., February 8, 1895; attended the public schools, Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., and…

Fred Herbert BROWN, Congress, NH (1879-1955)

Senate Years of Service: 1933-1939 Party: Democrat BROWN Fred Herbert , a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Ossipee, Carroll County, N.H., April 12, 1879; attended the public schools and Dow…

George Fred WILLIAMS, Congress, MA (1852-1932)

WILLIAMS George Fred , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Dedham, Norfolk County, Mass., July 10, 1852; attended private schools, and was graduated from the Dedham High School in 1868…

Kantorowicz, Ernst Hartwig

(Encyclopedia) Kantorowicz, Ernst Hartwig, 1895–1963, German-American historian, b. Poznań (then Posen, Germany), studied Univ. of Berlin, Univ. of Heidelberg (Ph.D., 1921). As a young man he was a…

Shaw, Robert Lawson

(Encyclopedia) Shaw, Robert Lawson, 1916–99, American conductor, b. Red Bluff, Calif. Moving to New York City after college, he founded and led the Fred Waring Glee Club (1938–45) and the Collegiate…

Nicholas V, pope

(Encyclopedia) Nicholas V, 1397–1455, pope (1447–55), an Italian named Tommaso Parentucelli, b. probably Sarzana, Liguria; successor of Eugene IV. From Eugene IV he inherited the antipapal enactments…

vaudeville

(Encyclopedia) vaudevillevaudevillevôdˈvĭl [key], originally a light song, derived from the drinking and love songs formerly attributed to Olivier Basselin and called Vau, or Vaux, de Vire. Similar…