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Collins, William
(Encyclopedia) Collins, William, 1721–59, English poet. He was one of the great lyricists of the 18th cent. While he was still at Oxford he published Persian Ecologues (1742), which was written when…Smith, H. Allen
humoristBirthplace: McLeansboro, Ill.Born: 1907Died: 1976Warner, H. B.
(Henry Bryan Warner Lickford) actorBirthplace: LondonBorn: 1876Died: 1958Erikson, Erik H.
psychoanalystBirthplace: Frankfurt, GermanyBorn: 1902Died: 1994Kenneth H. Olsen
Kenneth H. OlsenBorn: 1926Birthplace: Stratford, Conn. Magnetic core memory—Olsen and his Digital Equipment Corporation developed the first successful minicomputer. Digital also developed the…Robert H. Rines
Robert H. RinesBorn: 1922Birthplace: Boston, Mass. High resolution-image-scanning radar and sonar—Rines' radar and sonar inventions have been used by the military in the Persian Gulf War. In…George H. Babcock
George H. BabcockBorn: 1832 Water tube steam boiler—Thomas Edison once proclaimed it to be “…the best boiler God has permitted man yet to make.” Even today, nearly half of the electricity…Hampton Roads Peace Conference
(Encyclopedia) Hampton Roads Peace Conference, meeting held on Feb. 3, 1865, on board the Union transport River Queen in Hampton Roads, Va., with the object of ending the Civil War. President Lincoln…Henry H. CHAMBERS, Congress, AL (1790-1826)
Senate Years of Service: 1825-1826 Party: Jacksonian CHAMBERS Henry H. , a Senator from Alabama; born near Kenbridge, Lunenburg County, Va., October 1, 1790; graduated from William and Mary College…Rush, William
(Encyclopedia) Rush, William, 1756–1833, American sculptor, one of the earliest in the country, b. Philadelphia. His wood carvings, clay models, and figureheads were famous in their day. Of his other…Trending
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