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Sewell, Anna
(Encyclopedia) Sewell, AnnaSewell, Annas&oomacr;ˈəl [key], 1820–78, English author. Her only work, Black Beauty (1877), the story of a horse, became a children's classic and has gone into many…Baker, Oliver Edwin
(Encyclopedia) Baker, Oliver Edwin, 1883–1949, American economic geographer, grad. Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio. He studied forestry at Yale and agriculture and economics at the Univ. of…U.S. Medal-Winning Men's Basketball Teams
1936 (gold medal): Sam Balter, Ralph Bishop, Joe Fortenberry, Tex Gibbons, Francis Johnson, Carl Knowles, Frank Lubin, Art Mollner, Don Piper, Jack Ragland, Carl Shy, Willard Schmidt, Duane…Landon, Alfred Mossman
(Encyclopedia) Landon, Alfred Mossman, 1887–1987, U.S. politician, b. West Middlesex, Pa. He was a banker and oil operator before he ran for public office. Landon served (1933–37) as governor of…Bickerdyke, Mary Ann
(Encyclopedia) Bickerdyke, Mary Ann, 1817–1901, Union nurse in the American Civil War, b. Mary Ann Ball in Knox co., Ohio. Generally called Mother Bickerdyke, she served throughout the war in the…Eddy, Mary Baker
(Encyclopedia) Eddy, Mary Baker, 1821–1910, founder of the Christian Science movement, b. Bow, N.H. As physical frailty prevented her regular school attendance, she spent the early part of her…1998 Deaths: A - F
General Sani Abacha Bella Abzug Uvaldo AcostaAlbatrossFrederick Pitt AldermanLionel AldridgeJohn Maury Allin Ella Maria Gonzalez AlvarezEric Ambler Cleveland Amory Harry AndersonJohn…James Robert Baker Biography
James Robert Bakernovelist wrote the satirical novels Fuel-Injected Dreams and Boy WonderBorn: 1947?Died: 1997Dr. Oscar Auerbach1997 DeathsLaVern BakerVernon Baker, 1997 News
77-year-old veteran, one of seven black soldiers who received the Congressional Medal of Honor in January 1997 for his role in World War II. Baker is the only one still alive.Baker v. Carr (1962)
Case SummaryIn the State legislature of Tennessee, representation was determined by a 1901 law setting the number of legislators for each county. Urban areas, which had grown greatly in…Trending
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