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Brewer's: Sidney

(Algernon), called by Thomson, in his Summer, “The British Cassius,” because of his republican principles. Both disliked kings, not from their misrule, but from a dislike to monarehy.…

Elias WHITMORE, Congress, NY (1772-1853)

WHITMORE Elias , a Representative from New York; born in Pembroke, N.H., March 2, 1772; completed preparatory studies; moved to New York and settled in Windsor; engaged in mercantile pursuits;…

Harry Irving THAYER, Congress, MA (1869-1926)

THAYER Harry Irving , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Mass., September 10, 1869; attended the public schools of Hanover, Mass.; engaged in the leather…

Niki Taylor Biography

Niki Taylor modelBorn: 3/5/1975Birthplace: Pembroke Pines, Florida Taylor appeared on the cover of Vogue at the age of 15, making her the youngest cover model in the magazine's history. She…

Stephen Clark FOSTER, Congress, ME (1799-1872)

FOSTER Stephen Clark , a Representative from Maine; born in Machias, Maine, December 24, 1799; attended the common schools; learned the blacksmith's trade and subsequently became a shipbuilder;…

Tim GRIFFIN, Congress, AR (1968)

GRIFFIN Tim , a Representative from Arkansas; born in Charlotte, Mecklenberg County, North Carolina, on August 21, 1968; B.A., Hendrix College, Conway, Ark., 1990; attended Pembroke College,…

James PIKE, Congress, NH (1818-1895)

PIKE James , a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Salisbury, Essex County, Mass., November 10, 1818; pursued classical studies; studied theology at the Wesleyan University, Connecticut…

Ted Hughes

Ted Hughes was the poet laureate of England from 1984 until his death in 1998, but his international fame will always rest on the fact that he was married to poet Sylvia Plath, who killed herself in…