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Thomas UPDEGRAFF, Congress, IA (1834-1910)

UPDEGRAFF Thomas , a Representative from Iowa; born in Tioga County, Pa., April 3, 1834; attended private schools, the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, and an academy in Binghamton, N.Y.; clerk…

Alphonso HART, Congress, OH (1830-1910)

HART Alphonso , a Representative from Ohio; born in Vienna, Trumbull County, Ohio, July 4, 1830; attended the common schools and Grand River Institute, Austinburg, Ohio; studied law in Warren,…

William EVERETT, Congress, MA (1839-1910)

EVERETT William , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Watertown, Middlesex County, Mass., October 10, 1839; attended the public schools of Cambridge and Boston; was graduated from Harvard…

Sáenz Peña, Roque

(Encyclopedia) Sáenz Peña, RoqueSáenz Peña, Roquerōˈkā säˈāns pāˈnyä [key], 1851–1914, Argentine statesman, president of the republic (1910–14); son of an earlier president (1892–95), Luis Sáenz Peña…

Terauchi, Masatake

(Encyclopedia) Terauchi, Masatake, 1852–1919, Japanese army officer and political. He joined the army in 1871, became military attaché to France (1882), inspector general of military education (1898…

Nicholas I, king of Montenegro

(Encyclopedia) Nicholas I, 1841–1921, prince (1860–1910) and king (1910–18) of Montenegro, successor of his uncle, Danilo II. In 1862, after a series of frontier incidents, Nicholas was forced into…

Marsh, Charles Wesley

(Encyclopedia) Marsh, Charles Wesley, 1834–1918, American inventor and editor, b. Ontario. In 1849 his family moved to De Kalb co., Ill. Assisted by his brother William, he designed a hand-binding…

Laidler, Harry Wellington

(Encyclopedia) Laidler, Harry WellingtonLaidler, Harry Wellingtonlādˈlər [key], 1884–1970, American economist and Socialist leader, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Wesleyan Univ., 1907, Brooklyn Law School…

Loos, Adolf

(Encyclopedia) Loos, AdolfLoos, Adolfäˈdôlf lōs [key], 1870–1933, Austrian architect. His rationalist design theories were strongly influenced by his stay in the United States from 1893 to 1896,…