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Arthur Robinson GOULD, Congress, ME (1857-1946)

Senate Years of Service: 1926-1931 Party: Republican GOULD Arthur Robinson , a Senator from Maine; born in East Corinth, Penobscot County, Maine, March 16, 1857; attended the common schools and…

James Robinson HOWE, Congress, NY (1839-1914)

HOWE James Robinson , a Representative from New York; born in New York City January 27, 1839; attended the common schools; employed as a clerk in a dry-goods store; moved to Brooklyn in 1870 and…

Lucian

(Encyclopedia) LucianLucianl&oomacr;ˈshən [key], b. c.120, d. after 180, Greek writer, also called Lucianus, b. Samosata, Syria. In late life he held a government position in Egypt. Lucian wrote…

Gregory, Lady Augusta

(Encyclopedia) Gregory, Lady Augusta (Isabella Augusta Persse), 1859–1932, Irish dramatist. Though she did not begin her writing career until middle-age, Lady Gregory soon became a vital force in the…

Unitarian Universalist Association

(Encyclopedia) Unitarian Universalist Association, Protestant church in the United States formed in 1961 by the merger of the American Unitarian Association (see Unitarianism) and the Universalist…

Nag Hammadi

(Encyclopedia) Nag HammadiNag Hammadinäg häˈmädi [key], a town in Egypt near the ancient town of Chenoboskion, where, in 1945, a large cache of gnostic texts in the Coptic language was discovered.…

Olynthus

(Encyclopedia) OlynthusOlynthusōlĭnˈthəs [key], ancient city of Greece, on the peninsula of Chalcidice (now Khalkidhikí), NE of Potidaea. A league of Chalcidic cities grew up in the late 5th cent. b.…