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Robert E. Sherwood
Name at birth: Robert Emmet SherwoodRobert E. Sherwood was a playwright who won four Pulitzer Prizes, as well as a screenplay Oscar for the 1946 film The Best Years of Our Lives. Like his father…Thomas E. Selfridge
First Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge of the United States Army was a pioneer in the development of air travel and the first air crash fatality. A graduate of the West Point military academy,…Robert E. Peary
Robert Edwin Peary, his assistant Matthew Henson and four Inuit men were the first to reach the North Pole on 6 April 1909. An officer in the United States Navy, it was Commander Peary's eighth…E. G. Marshall
E. G. Marshall(Everett G. Marshall)actorBorn: 6/18/1910Birthplace: Owatonna, Minnesota Character actor of television, film, and stage who dabbled in archaeology and studyied for the clergy…James E. Sullivan
James E. SullivanBorn: Nov. 18, 1862Track & Field pioneer who founded Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) in 1888; director of St. Louis Olympic Games in 1904; AAU's annual Sullivan Award for…Harold E. Edgerton
Harold E. Edgerton Born: 1903Birthplace: Fremont, Neb. Stroboscope—Edgerton's research in the fields of stroboscopy and ultra-high speed photography led to the modern electronic speed flash. He was…Clare, John
(Encyclopedia) Clare, John, 1793–1864, English poet. A romantic poet who wrote shortly after the vogue for such verse, he had a profound and singular gift for capturing nature in exquisitely specific…Vaughan Williams, Ralph
(Encyclopedia) Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872–1958, English composer, considered the outstanding composer of his generation in England. He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1894 and…Lukas, J. Anthony
authorBirthplace: New York CityBorn: 1933Died: 1997Ellison, Lawrence J.
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