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George William Childs Biography

George William Childspublisher, philanthropistBorn: 1829Birthplace: Baltimore, Md. Having begun his career when he opened a Philadelphia bookstore in 1847, he soon expanded into publishing.…

Harry George Ferguson Biography

Harry George FergusoninventorBorn: 11/4/1884Birthplace: Dromore, County Down, Ireland He began working in his own business at age 16 in Belfast, and went on to build his own airplane, making…

George Huntington Hartford Biography

George Huntington HartfordretailerBorn: 1833Birthplace: Augusta, Maine Hartford worked in stores in Boston and St. Louis before heading to New York City, where he and George F. Gilman opened…

George A. Hormel Biography

George A. HormelmeatpackerBorn: 1860Birthplace: Buffalo, N.Y. Hormel settled in Austin, Minnesota after working throughout the Midwest, opening the George A. Hormel and Company meat packing…

George Hunt Weyerhaeuser Biography

George Hunt Weyerhaeuserlumber executiveBorn: 1926Birthplace: Seattle, Wash. He joined the family lumber business, Weyerhaeuser Company after graduating from Yale. He worked for 12 years,…

George Lloyd 1998 Deaths

George LloydAge: 85 English symphonist and opera composer who drew on a late Romantic style.Died: July 3, 1998.Ad LiskaG - LJack Lord

George Cafego 1998 Deaths

George CafegoAge: 82 “Bad News” was a two-time All-American tailback/safety at Tennessee during the 1930s and returned to the team as an assistant coach in 1966; worked with kickers and…

George Pataki, 1998 News

Amherst, N.Y., doctor who performed abortions, was killed by a sniper in October while sitting in his home. Slepian had been receiving death threats from anti-abortion activists since the…

George Sterling: The Ashes in the Sea

The Ashes in the SeaN. M. F.George SterlingWhither, with blue and pleading eyes, — Whither, with cheeks that held the light Of winter's dawn in cloudless skies, Evadne, was thy flight?Such…

George Sterling: The Black Vulture

The Black VultureGeorge SterlingAloof upon the day's immeasured dome, He holds unshared the silence of the sky. Far down his bleak, relentless eyes descry The eagle's empire and the…