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Ulysses Simpson Grant

Ulysses Simpson GrantBorn: 4/27/1822Birthplace: Point Pleasant, Ohio Ulysses Simpson Grant was born (as Hiram Ulysses Grant) at Point Pleasant, Ohio, on April 27, 1822. He graduated from West…

Grant Lee Buffalo

Jubilee Warner Bros. Songwriter Grant Lee Phillips exults in textured, moody melodies. On this, the group's fourth album, his baleful vocals crescendo from pillowtalk croons to thrilling falsettos…

Cary Grant Biography

Cary Grant(Archibald Alexander Leach)actorBorn: 1/18/1904Birthplace: Bristol, England Comfortable with comedy, suspense and costume drama, Grant defined debonair and suave both on- and off-…

Hugh Grant Biography

Hugh Grant actorBorn: 9/9/1960Birthplace: London, England Handsome British leading man whose career took off like a rocket to only come crashing back down in a tawdry little scandal. Grant was…

Grant Show Biography

Grant ShowactorBorn: 2/27/1962Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan Best known for his role as Jake Hanson on the nighttime soap Melrose Place (1992–97), Show received his training at the London Academy of…

Fish, Hamilton, 1808–93, American statesman

(Encyclopedia) Fish, Hamilton, 1808–93, American statesman, b. New York City, grad. Columbia, 1827; son of Nicholas Fish (1758–1833). He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1830. Named for his…

Harvard University

(Encyclopedia) Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. From two distinct schools, Radcliffe College for women (est. 1879, chartered…

Dirksen, Everett McKinley

(Encyclopedia) Dirksen, Everett McKinleyDirksen, Everett McKinleydûrkˈsən [key], 1896–1969, American politician, b. Pekin, Ill. A veteran of World War I, he held minor offices in Pekin before serving…

Morland, George

(Encyclopedia) Morland, George, 1763–1804, English genre, animal, and landscape painter. A pupil of his father, Henry Morland (1716–97), a London portrait painter, he left his father's studio when he…