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Porter, Horace

(Encyclopedia) Porter, Horace, 1837–1921, American soldier and diplomat, b. Huntingdon, Pa. In the Civil War he saw varied service, mostly as an ordnance officer, before becoming (1864) aide-de-camp…

Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood

(Encyclopedia) Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood, 1816–95, American lawyer, U.S. Attorney General (1869–70), b. Concord, Mass. While serving (1846) in the Massachusetts senate, he declared that he would rather…

Richard E. Grant

Name at birth: Richard Grant EsterhuysenRichard Grant is the veteran actor who earned his first Oscar nomination as a hard-drinking, not-too-moral AIDS patient in the 2018 film Can You Ever Forgive…

Grant Lee Buffalo

Jubilee Warner Bros. Songwriter Grant Lee Phillips exults in textured, moody melodies. On this, the group's fourth album, his baleful vocals crescendo from pillowtalk croons to thrilling falsettos…

Grant Show Biography

Grant ShowactorBorn: 2/27/1962Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan Best known for his role as Jake Hanson on the nighttime soap Melrose Place (1992–97), Show received his training at the London Academy of…

Hugh Grant Biography

Hugh Grant actorBorn: 9/9/1960Birthplace: London, England Handsome British leading man whose career took off like a rocket to only come crashing back down in a tawdry little scandal. Grant was…

Cary Grant Biography

Cary Grant(Archibald Alexander Leach)actorBorn: 1/18/1904Birthplace: Bristol, England Comfortable with comedy, suspense and costume drama, Grant defined debonair and suave both on- and off-…