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William Ellery Leonard: Compensation

CompensationWilliam Ellery LeonardI know the sorrows of the last abyss: I walked the cold black pools without a star; I lay on rock of unseen flint and spar; I heard the execrable serpent…

Schawlow, Arthur Leonard

(Encyclopedia) Schawlow, Arthur LeonardSchawlow, Arthur Leonardshôˈlō [key], 1921–99, American physicist, b. Mount Vernon, N.Y., grad. Univ. of Toronto (Ph.D. 1949). Although his research focused on…

Bacon, Leonard

(Encyclopedia) Bacon, Leonard, 1802–81, American Congregational minister, b. Detroit, Mich. He served for 41 years as pastor of the First Church of New Haven, one of the leading Congregational…

Ingle, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Ingle, Richard, fl. 1642–53, English seaman and tobacco trader. Little is known of him. While the English civil war was in progress, he appeared (1645) with several ships off Maryland…

Pordenone, Giovanni Antonio de

(Encyclopedia) Pordenone, Giovanni Antonio dePordenone, Giovanni Antonio dejōvänˈnē äntôˈnyō dā pōrdānôˈnā [key], c.1484–1539, Venetian painter. His real name was Giovanni Antonio de Sacchis. He…

Schiff, Jacob Henry

(Encyclopedia) Schiff, Jacob Henry, 1847–1920, American banker and philanthropist, b. Frankfurt, Germany. He emigrated to the United States in 1865 and became a partner in a brokerage house in New…

Phillips, William Daniel

(Encyclopedia) Phillips, William Daniel, 1948–, American physicist, b. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976. He has been a researcher at the National Institute of…

John Sanford COHEN, Congress, GA (1870-1935)

Senate Years of Service: 1932-1933 Party: Democrat COHEN John Sanford , a Senator from Georgia; born in Augusta, Ga., February 26, 1870; educated at private schools in Augusta, Richmond (Va.)…

William Wolfe COHEN, Congress, NY (1874-1940)

COHEN William Wolfe , a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., September 6, 1874; attended the public schools; became associated with his father in the shoe manufacturing business…

Kleinrock, Leonard

(Encyclopedia) Kleinrock, Leonard, 1934–, American computer scientist, b. New York City, B.E.E. City College of New York (1957), Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1963). Moving to the Univ…