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Tabor, Elizabeth McCourt
(Encyclopedia) Tabor, Elizabeth McCourt: see under Tabor, Horace Austin Warner.Persius
(Encyclopedia) Persius or Aulus Persius FlaccusAulus Persius Flaccuspûrˈshēəs; ôlˈəs, flăkˈəs [key], a.d. 34–a.d. 62, Roman satirical poet, b. Etruria. A member of a distinguished family, he went to…Horace Marden Albright Biography
Horace Marden Albrightconservationist, business executiveBorn: 1890Birthplace: Bishop, Calif. After earning a law degree from the University of California, he became an official of the U.S.…Vernet
(Encyclopedia) VernetVernetvĕrnāˈ [key], French family of painters. Claude Joseph Vernet, 1714–89, marine painter, b. Avignon, studied with his father, Antoine Vernet, a decorative painter, and in…Frank, Tenney
(Encyclopedia) Frank, Tenney, 1876–1939, American historian, b. Clay Center, Kans. After 1919 he was a professor at Johns Hopkins Among his best-known works are A History of Rome (1923), Economic…Daru, Pierre Antoine, Comte
(Encyclopedia) Daru, Pierre Antoine, ComteDaru, Pierre Antoine, Comtepyĕr äNtwänˈ kôNt därüˈ [key], 1767–1829, French soldier, administrator, statesman, and writer. He served in the French…Reeve, Tapping
(Encyclopedia) Reeve, Tapping, 1744–1823, American lawyer and jurist, b. Brookhaven, N.Y. In 1784 he opened his law school in Litchfield, Conn.; it was one of the first schools of law in the United…Pippin, Horace
(Encyclopedia) Pippin, Horace, 1888–1946, American primitive painter, b. West Chester, Pa. He worked as a porter, peddler, and warehouseman and never studied art. He was severely wounded in World War…Porter, Horace
(Encyclopedia) Porter, Horace, 1837–1921, American soldier and diplomat, b. Huntingdon, Pa. In the Civil War he saw varied service, mostly as an ordnance officer, before becoming (1864) aide-de-camp…Gray, Horace
(Encyclopedia) Gray, Horace, 1828–1902, American jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1881–1902), b. Boston. At first a reporter (1854–61) to the Massachusetts supreme court, he later…Trending
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