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Thomas Weir TEMPLETON, Congress, PA (1867-1935)

TEMPLETON Thomas Weir , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pa., November 8, 1867; attended the public schools and was graduated from Wyoming Seminary, Kingston…

Mitchell, Guy

(Al Cernick)actorBirthplace: DetroitBorn: 1927Died: 1999

David Mitchell

Novelist David Mitchell earns heaps of critical praise for his ambitious, structurally complex novels, including 2001's number9dream and 2004's Cloud Atlas. Educated at the University of Kent,…

Margaret Mitchell

Name at birth: Margaret Munnerlyn MitchellMargaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for her first and only novel, Gone With the Wind. The best-selling Civil War romance was published in 1936 and…

John Mitchell

Name at birth: John Newton MitchellJohn Mitchell served as the United States Attorney General under President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1972, and spent 19 months in prison for his role in the…

Joni Mitchell

Name at birth: Roberta Joan AndersonJoni Mitchell is the beloved singer-songwriter whose 1971 album Blue was rated as the 30th-best album of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. Joni Mitchell was…

Joseph Mitchell

Joseph Mitchell was a writer on the staff of The New Yorker magazine for nearly 60 years, from 1938 until his death in 1996. He specialized in plainspoken essays about oystermen, gypsies, bartenders…

Grateful Dead, The

(Encyclopedia) Grateful Dead, The, American rock music group formed in 1965 by guitarists Jerry Garcia, 1942–95, and Bob Weir, 1947–, harmonica player Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, 1945–73, bassist Phil…