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Gratz, Rebecca

(Encyclopedia) Gratz, RebeccaGratz, Rebeccagrăts [key], 1781–1869, American philanthropist, b. Philadelphia; daughter of Michael Gratz. Well known for her philanthropies in Philadelphia, she is…

Newhouse, Samuel Irving

(Encyclopedia) Newhouse, Samuel Irving, 1895–1979, American newspaper and magazine publisher, b. New York City as Solomon Neuhaus, known generally as Sam. From 1922 to the 1970s, his Advance…

Chouteau

(Encyclopedia) ChouteauChouteaush&oomacr;tōˈ [key], family of American fur traders. René Auguste Chouteau, 1749–1829, b. New Orleans, accompanied (1763) his stepfather, Pierre Laclede, on a…

Caldecott, Randolph

(Encyclopedia) Caldecott, RandolphCaldecott, Randolphkôlˈdəkət [key], 1846–86, one of the most popular late 19th-century English book illustrators. Born in Chester, he moved (1872) to London, where…

Jefferson, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Jefferson, Joseph, 1829–1905, American actor. He was the foremost of an old and distinguished family of English and American actors. Jefferson began his stage career as a child actor,…

Irving G. Thalberg Biography

Irving G. Thalberg movie executiveBorn: 5/30/1899Birthplace: New York City A film industry Wunderkind, Thalberg was promoted from his post as secretary to Universal Film Manufacturing in New…

David Irving, 2000 News

historian and author, was called an anti-Semite racist and a Hitler apologist in April by British High Court Judge Charles Gray, who presided over the libel case in which Irving sued…

Irving, TX Census Data

People QuickFactsIrvingTexasPopulation, 2003 estimate 194,45522,118,509Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 1.5%6.1%Population, 2000 191,61520,851,820Population, percent…

Irving, TX Demographic Statistics

NumberPercentTotal population191,615100.0SEX AND AGEMale97,68751.0Female93,92849.0Under 5 years15,5498.15 to 9 years13,7007.110 to 14 years11,9396.215 to 19 years12,3966.520 to 24 years17,4919.…

Irving, TX Economic Statistics

NumberPercentEMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over147,795100.0In labor force109,40974.0Civilian labor force109,31674.0Employed104,61770.8Unemployed4,6993.2Percent of civilian labor force4…