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Henry Sterling MAGOON, Congress, WI (1832-1889)

MAGOON Henry Sterling , a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Monticello, Lafayette County, Wis., January 31, 1832; attended the Rock River Seminary, Mount Morris, Ill., and was graduated from…

William Sterling COLE, Congress, NY (1904-1987)

COLE William Sterling , a Representative from New York; born in Painted Post, Steuben County, N.Y., April 18, 1904; attended the public schools; A.B., Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y., 1925;…

Mott, Lucretia Coffin

(Encyclopedia) Mott, Lucretia Coffin, 1793–1880, American feminist and reformer, b. Nantucket, Mass. She moved (1804) with her family to Boston and later (1809) to Philadelphia. A Quaker, she studied…

McDonald, Arthur Bruce

(Encyclopedia) McDonald, Arthur Bruce, 1943–, Canadian astrophysicist, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1969. McDonald was a researcher at the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories in Ottawa,…

Steinman, Ralph Marvin

(Encyclopedia) Steinman, Ralph Marvin, 1943–2011, Canadian biologist, M.D. Harvard Medical School, 1968. He was a researcher and professor at Rockefeller Univ., New York City, from 1970 until his…

Robert Bruce MACON, Congress, AR (1859-1925)

MACON Robert Bruce , a Representative from Arkansas; born near Trenton, Phillips County, Ark., July 6, 1859; was left an orphan at the age of nine; attended the public schools and studied at home…

Edwin Bruce BROOKS, Congress, IL (1868-1933)

BROOKS Edwin Bruce , a Representative from Illinois; born in Newton, Jasper County, Ill., September 20, 1868; attended the public schools, and was graduated from Valparaiso (Ind.) University in…