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BISHOP, Robert (Rob), Congress, UT (1951)

BISHOP, Robert (Rob), a Representative from Utah; born in Kaysville, Utah, on July 13, 1951; B.A., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1974; teacher; private advocate; member of the Utah…

Robert (Rob) BISHOP, Congress, UT (1951)

BISHOP Robert (Rob) , a Representative from Utah; born in Kaysville, Davis County, Utah, July 13, 1951; graduated from Davis High School, Kaysville, Utah, 1969; B.A., University of Utah, Salt Lake…

Timothy H. BISHOP, Congress, NY (1950)

BISHOP Timothy H. , a Representative from New York; born in Southampton, Suffolk County, N.Y., June 1, 1950; graduated from Southampton High School, Southampton, N.Y., 1968; A.B., Holy Cross…

Bishop PERKINS, Congress, NY (1787-1866)

PERKINS Bishop , a Representative from New York; born in Becket, Berkshire County, Mass., September 5, 1787; attended private school at East Granville, Mass., and was graduated from Williams…

bluestocking

(Encyclopedia) bluestocking, derisive term originally applied to certain 18th-century women with pronounced literary interests. During the 1750s, Elizabeth Vesey held evening parties, at which the…

Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 4th duke of

(Encyclopedia) Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 4th duke of, 1536–72, English nobleman, son of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey. He succeeded his grandfather, the 3d duke, in 1554. He was favored by Queen…

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

(Encyclopedia) Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806–61, English poet, b. Durham. A delicate and precocious child, she spent a great part of her early life in a state of semi-invalidism. She read…

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

(Encyclopedia) Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815–1902, American reformer, a leader of the woman-suffrage movement, b. Johnstown, N.Y. She was educated at the Troy Female Seminary (now Emma Willard School…

Neumann, Saint John Nepomucene

(Encyclopedia) Neumann, Saint John Nepomucene, 1811–60, American Roman Catholic bishop, the first American male to be canonized (1977), b. Bohemia. After studying at Prague he settled (1836) in the…

Sully, Maurice de

(Encyclopedia) Sully, Maurice deSully, Maurice demōrēsˈ də sülēˈ [key], c.1100–1196, French bishop. After studying theology in Paris he was named (1160) bishop of that city. While serving in this…