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Brewer's: Cottage Countess

(The). Sarah Higgins, of Shropshire, daughter of a small farmer, in 1790 married Henry Cecil, Marquis of Exeter and Lord of Burleigh. The bridegroom was at the time living under the name…

Eberhard F. M. Rees 1998 Deaths

Eberhard F. M. ReesAge: 89 German-born rocket engineer. In 1970 he succeeded Wernher von Braun as chief of the American rocketry program. Died: April 2, 1998.Jheri ReddingR - ZHugh Reilly…

Cliff Gorman 2002 Deaths

Cliff GormanAge: 65 explosive film, stage, and television actor who won a 1972 Tony Award for his portrayal of Lenny Bruce in the play Lenny. Died: Manhattan, Sept. 5, 2002Hugh GlosterG -…

Johnnie B. Hunt 2006 Deaths

Johnnie B. HuntAge: 79 entrepreneur who created J.B. Hunt Transport Services, the largest publicly traded trucking company in the country.Died: Goshen, Ark., Dec. 7, 2006Barnard HughesG -…

Evelyn Trout 2003 Deaths

Evelyn TroutAge: 97 pioneering female aviator who was the first woman to complete an all-night flight. She also participated in the first All-Women's Transcontinental Air Race, dubbed the…

Don Hume 2001 Deaths

Don HumeAge: 86 Olympic rower who won a gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics; charter member of the Univ. of Washington's Husky Hall of Fame; past president of the West Coast Mining…

Female Literary Figures

  Aidoo - Corelli | Dickinson - Luce | Mansfield - Rukeyser | Sackville - Yourcenar Anaïs Nin Biographies of Notable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists…

Harrison Smith Glancy 2002 Deaths

Harrison Smith GlancyAge: 98 lead swimmer on the United States' 800-meter freestyle team that set a world record at the 1924 Paris Olympics; also won a gold at the 1928 Games for swimming a…