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Toynbee Hall

(Encyclopedia)Toynbee Hall: see Barnett, Samuel Augustus. ...

Bard, Samuel

(Encyclopedia)Bard, Samuel, see under Bard, John. ...

Jeroham

(Encyclopedia)Jeroham jērōˈhăm [key]. In the Bible, Samuel's grandfather. ...

Bronfman, Samuel

(Encyclopedia)Bronfman, Samuel: see under Bronfman, Edgar Miles, Sr. ...

Federalist party

(Encyclopedia)Federalist party, in U.S. history, the political faction that favored a strong federal government. Opposition to war brought the Federalists the support of Clinton and many others, and the party mad...

Innis, Harold Adams

(Encyclopedia)Innis, Harold Adams, 1894–1952, Canadian political economist, b. Otterville, Ontario. One of Canada's leading economic historians, Innis wrote about various facets of Canadian culture and economy. I...

Davie, William Richardson

(Encyclopedia)Davie, William Richardson, 1756–1820, American Revolutionary soldier and statesman, b. Egremont, Cumberland, England. During the American Revolution he served under Casimir Pulaski and later took pa...
 

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