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Calvin Griffith Biography
Calvin GriffithAge: 87 baseball owner who moved the Washington Senators to Minnesota and created the Twins franchise; a front-page editorial in The Minneapolis Star called for his resignation…Calvin Fuller Biography
inventorBorn: 25 May 1902Best Known as: co-creator of the silicon solar cell Chemist Calvin Fuller, along with Bell Labs colleagues Daryl Chapin and Gerald…John Calvin Coolidge
John Calvin CoolidgeBorn: 7/4/1872Birthplace: Plymouth, Vt. (John) Calvin Coolidge was born in Plymouth, Vt., on July 4, 1872. An Amherst graduate, he went into law practice at Northampton,…Calvin Murphy Biography
Calvin MurphyBorn: May 9, 1948Basketball G NBA All-Rookie team (1971); holds NBA single season free throw percentage (.958); third all-time career free throw pct. (.892); elected to…Oberlin College
(Encyclopedia) Oberlin College, at Oberlin, Ohio; coeducational; opened 1833 as Oberlin Collegiate Institute, became Oberlin College in 1850. It includes a college of arts and sciences and a well-…Arnauld
(Encyclopedia) ArnauldArnauldärnōˈ [key], French family involved in Jansenism (see under Jansen, Cornelis). The name is also spelled Arnaut or Arnault. The leader was a nun, Marie Angélique de Sainte…Watts, Isaac
(Encyclopedia) Watts, Isaac, 1674–1748, English clergyman and hymn writer, b. Southampton. He was one of the most eminent Dissenting divines of his day. As a pastor in London he was known for his…Scott, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Scott, Thomas, 1747–1821, English clergyman and biblical scholar. Ordained a priest in 1773, he served in several curacies. In Olney he succeeded (1781) John Newton, through whose…Calvin Glover, 1999 News
18, Army private, was found guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison in Dec. In July, he murdered Private First Class Barry Winchell by pounding in his skull with a…Lausanne
(Encyclopedia) LausanneLausannelōzänˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 117,600), capital of Vaud canton, W Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva. An important rail junction and lake port (see Ouchy), it is the…Trending
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