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Barbosa, Ruy

(Encyclopedia) Barbosa, RuyBarbosa, Ruyr&oomacr;ˈē bärbōˈsä [key], 1849–1923, Brazilian jurist, writer, and statesman. He was largely responsible for the republican constitution of Brazil and was…

Angell, Sir Norman

(Encyclopedia) Angell, Sir Norman, 1872?–1967, British internationalist and economist, whose name originally was Ralph Norman Angell Lane. He came to fame with The Great Illusion (1910, rev. ed. 1933…

Herter, Christian Archibald

(Encyclopedia) Herter, Christian Archibald, 1895–1966, U.S. Secretary of State (1959–61), b. Paris. After holding minor positions in the Dept. of State (1916–19) and the Dept. of Commerce (1921–24),…

Bernadotte, Count Folke

(Encyclopedia) Bernadotte, Count FolkeBernadotte, Count Folkefôlˈkə bĕrnädôtˈ, bûrˈnədŏt [key], 1895–1948, Swedish internationalist; nephew of King Gustavus V. He was active in the Swedish Red Cross…

Stassen, Harold Edward

(Encyclopedia) Stassen, Harold EdwardStassen, Harold Edwardstăsˈən [key], 1907–2001, American public official and university president, b. West St. Paul, Minn. A Republican lawyer, he held his first…

MacBride, Seán

(Encyclopedia) MacBride, Seán, 1904–1988, Irish statesman, b. Paris. The son of Irish patriot-actress Maude Gonne and revolutionary Major John MacBride, he moved to Ireland after his father was…

Joseph Hurst BALL, Congress, MN (1905-1993)

Senate Years of Service: 1940-1942; 1943-1949 Party: Republican; Republican BALL Joseph Hurst , a Senator from Minnesota; born in Crookston, Polk County, Minn., November 3, 1905; attended the…

Gerald Rudolph Ford

Gerald Rudolph FordBorn: 7/14/1913Birthplace: Omaha, Neb. Gerald Rudolph Ford was born Leslie King Jr. in Omaha, Neb., on July 14, 1913, the only child of Leslie and Dorothy Gardner King. His…

Patterson

(Encyclopedia) Patterson, family of American journalists. Robert Wilson Patterson, 1850–1910, b. Chicago, grad. Williams, 1871, became (1871) a reporter on the Chicago Times and after 1873 was…

Biographies: Notable Economists

Notable Economists Beatrice Potter Webb See also Three Economists and Their Theories People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Overview of Economics GDP…