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Leroy Hood Biography
inventorBorn: 1938 Hood's DNA sequencer has played a crucial role in the biotech industry, greatly accelerating the progress of the Human Genome Project in the…Alain LeRoy Locke
Writer and educator Alain LeRoy Locke was the editor of 1925's The New Negro, and he is sometimes called "the father of the Harlem Renaissance" for his influence on African-American art and…Leroy “Satchel” Paige
Baseball's Methuselah, LeRoy "Satchel" Paige was a charismatic pitching star of the Negro Leagues who became a major league rookie in his forties. Satchel Paige began playing professionally for the…Brewer's: Valley of the Shadow of Death
through which Christian had to pass in order to get to the Celestial City. The prophet Jeremiah describes it as a “wilderness, a land of deserts and of pits, a land of drought and of the…silhouette
(Encyclopedia) silhouettesilhouettesĭlˌ&oomacr;ĕtˈ [key], outline image, especially a profile drawing solidly filled in or a cutout pasted against a lighter background. It was named for Étienne…Charles Frederick SCOTT, Congress, KS (1860-1938)
SCOTT Charles Frederick , a Representative from Kansas; born near Iola, Allen County, Kans., on September 7, 1860; attended the common schools; was graduated from the University of Kansas at…Gingrich, Newt
(Encyclopedia) Gingrich, Newt (Newton Leroy Gingrich)Gingrich, Newtgĭngˈgrĭch [key], 1943–, U.S. congressman, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1995–98), b. Harrisburg, Pa., as Newton…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Alastor: or, The Spirit of Solitude Overview
by Percy Bysshe Shelley The Daemon of the World The Revolt of Islam Alastor: or, The Spirit of Solitude Preface Alastor: or, The Spirit of Solitude Note on Alastor, By Mrs. Shelley…Paige, Satchel
(Encyclopedia) Paige, Satchel (Leroy Paige)Paige, Satchelsăchˈəl pāj [key], 1906–82, American baseball player, b. Mobile, Ala. He began pitching in 1924, joined his first professional team two years…Iberian Peninsula
(Encyclopedia) Iberian Peninsula, c.230,400 sq mi (596,740 sq km), SW Europe, separated from the rest of Europe by the Pyrenees. Comprising Spain and Portugal, it is washed on the N and W by the…Trending
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