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Bouquet, Henry

(Encyclopedia) Bouquet, HenryBouquet, Henryb&oomacr;kāˈ [key], 1719–65, British army officer in the French and Indian Wars. A French Swiss, he came to America in 1756 and distinguished himself as…

Bold Forbes 2000 Deaths

Bold ForbesAge: 27 oldest-living Kentucky Derby winner; won seven of eight starts in 1975 and in 1976, including the Derby and Belmont; Destroyed due to intestinal problems and kidney failure…

John Forbes Kerry Biography

John Forbes KerryU.S. Senator, Massachusetts Born: Dec. 11, 1943Birthplace: Denver, Colo. Kerry was raised Catholic in a family of privilege, and spent part of his childhood living in Europe…

Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Biography

Malcolm Stevenson ForbespublisherBorn: 1919Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y. After graduating from Princeton University in 1941, he began working in the family's magazine founded by his father.…

John Murray Forbes Biography

John Murray ForbescapitalistBorn: 1813Birthplace: Bordeaux, France He began his career at age 15 working for his uncles in their counting house business, Perkins and Company. After seven…

Robert Bennet Forbes Biography

Robert Bennet Forbesmerchant, authorBorn: 1804Birthplace: Jamaica Plain, Mass. Began his career in his uncles' company, which specialized in trade with China. The company became Russell…

Rep. Michael Forbes, 1999 News

47, Congressman from New York, defected from the Republican party in July and became a Democrat. Forbes said the Republican party “has become an angry, narrow-minded, intolerant and uncaring…

James FORBES, Congress, MD (17311780)

FORBES, James, a Delegate from Maryland; born near Benedict, Charles County, Md., about 1731; appointed justice of the peace of Charles County, Md., April 1, 1777; tax commissioner of Charles…

Cordero, Angel Tomás, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Cordero, Angel Tomás, Jr.Cordero, Angel Tomás, Jr.tōmäsˈ änhĕlˈ kôrdĕrˈō [key], 1942–, Puerto Rican jockey, b. Santurce. When he retired in 1992 he had won 7,057 races in 22 years.…

Cutter, Charles Ammi

(Encyclopedia) Cutter, Charles Ammi, 1837–1903, American librarian, b. Boston. Cutter cataloged the library of the Harvard Divinity School and in 1860 was appointed as the assistant to the librarian…