Search

Search results

Displaying 471 - 480

Mathews, Shailer

(Encyclopedia) Mathews, Shailer, 1863–1941, American theologian, educator, and author, b. Portland, Maine, studied at Colby College, at Newton Theological Institution, and at the Univ. of Berlin.…

Irvine, William

(Encyclopedia) Irvine, WilliamIrvine, Williamûrˈvĭn [key], 1741–1804, American soldier, b. Ireland. He studied medicine in Ireland and after 1764 practiced in Carlisle, Pa. He was called to service…

Lamb, John

(Encyclopedia) Lamb, John, 1735–1800, American Revolutionary leader, b. New York City. Prior to the Revolution he was a leader of the Sons of Liberty in New York and helped form the New York…

Klein, Lawrence Robert

(Encyclopedia) Klein, Lawrence Robert, 1920–2013, American economist, b. Omaha, Nebr., Ph.D Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1944. He was active in academia, government, and private research…

Logan, George

(Encyclopedia) Logan, GeorgeLogan, Georgelōˈgən [key], 1753–1821, American political figure and agriculturist, b. near Germantown (now part of Philadelphia), grandson of James Logan. After obtaining…

McDougall, Alexander

(Encyclopedia) McDougall, AlexanderMcDougall, Alexanderməkd&oomacr;ˈgəl [key], 1731–86, American Revolutionary political leader and general, b. Islay, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. He was taken (1738…

Alexander, William

(Encyclopedia) Alexander, William, known as Lord StirlingLord Stirlingstûrˈlĭng [key], 1726–83, American Revolutionary general, b. New York City. Although the House of Lords rejected his claim to…

Ogilvy, David Mackenzie

(Encyclopedia) Ogilvy, David Mackenzie, 1911–99, British-American advertising executive. He was a chef in Paris and a door-to-door salesman before entering advertising, becoming an account executive…

Ohio Company

(Encyclopedia) Ohio Company, organization formed (1747) to extend settlements of Virginia westward. The members were mostly Virginia planters interested in land speculation and the fur trade. A royal…

Somerville

(Encyclopedia) Somerville. 1 City (1990 pop. 76,210), Middlesex co., E Mass., a residential and industrial suburb of Boston, on the Mystic River; settled 1630, set off from Charlestown 1842, inc. as…