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Ulysses S. Grant
Name at birth: Hiram Ulysses GrantThe great Union military hero of the Civil War, Ulysses Grant also served two terms as U.S. president. Ulysses Grant came from humble beginnings in small-town Ohio…Jack S. Kilby
Jack S. Kilby Born: 1923 Birthplace: Jefferson City, Mo. Miniaturized electronic circuits—Kilby was responsible for the design and development…Robert S. Ledley
Robert S. LedleyBorn: 1926Birthplace: New York City Diagnostic x-ray systems—Ledley developed the ACTA diagnostic x-ray scanner, the first whole-body computerized tomography (CT) machine. He…S. Joseph Begun
S. Joseph Begun Born: 1905Birthplace: (Danzig, Germany, now Gdansk Poland) Magnetic recording— Early recording machines of the 1920s were cumbersome at best. Sound was recorded magnetically…Harold S. Vanderbilt
Harold S. VanderbiltBorn: July 6, 1884Sportsman successfully defended America's Cup 3 times (1930, 34,37); also invented contract bridge in 1926.Died: July 4, 1970Johnny Vander MeerU -…William S. Burroughs
William Seward Burroughs came from an upper-class background in the midwestern United States, studied at Harvard University and then turned to drugs, crime and writing. In the 1940s he became…Stepniak, S.
(Encyclopedia) Stepniak, S.Stepniak, S.styĭpnyäkˈ [key], 1852–95, Russian revolutionary and writer, whose real name was Sergei Mikhailovich Kravchinski. He fled Russia in 1878 after taking part in…Narinder S. Kapany Biography
Narinder S. KapanyphysicistBorn: ?Birthplace: India The “father of fiber optics,” Narinder Kapany grew up in Dehradun in northern India, where a teacher informed him that light only traveled…S. I. Hayakawa Biography
S. I. Hayakawaformer U.S. SenatorBorn: 7/18/1906Birthplace: Vancouver, Canada Son of Japanese immigrant parents, Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa earned a B.A. in English from the University of…John S. Service Biography
John S. ServiceAge: 89 State Department employee who was the first of the “old China hands” to be purged during the McCarthy era. He and others were accused of having roles in an alleged pro-…Trending
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