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Sarah McLachlan

Sarah McLachlan's first two records, Touch and Solace, were met with popular and critical success. Her 1993 release, Fumbling Toward Ecstasy, made her an international star. During the 1990s she…

Sarah McLachlan Biography

Sarah McLachlan singer, songwriterBorn: 1/28/1968Birthplace: Halifax, Nova Scotia Although considered part of the recent wave of women singer-songwriters, from 1996–1999 Sarah McLachlan had…

James McLACHLAN, Congress, CA (1852-1940)

McLACHLAN James , a Representative from California; born in Argyllshire, Scotland, August 1, 1852; immigrated to the United States in 1855 with his parents, who settled in Tompkins County, N.Y.;…

Alexander Hamilton

Great American statesman In the years after the Revolutionary war, Hamilton practiced law. He often defended pro-British Loyalists. Not only did he feel it was time to put the…

Brewer's: Alexander

so Paris, son of Priam, was called by the shepherds who brought him up. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Alexander of the NorthAlexander and the Robber A B…

Alexander Cartwright

Alexander CartwrightBorn: Apr. 17, 1820Baseball engineer and draftsman who spread gospel of baseball from New York City to California gold fields; widely regarded as the father of modern game…

Alexander Haig

Name at birth: Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr.Al Haig graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1947, served in Europe and Asia until 1960, worked in Washington until a combat tour in…

Alexander Fleming

Alexander Fleming is famous for discovering the usefulness of penicillin as an antibacterial agent. Raised in rural Scotland, he moved to London in his teens and worked as a shipping clerk and…