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Charles Herbert ALLEN, Congress, MA (1848-1934)

ALLEN, Charles Herbert, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Lowell, Mass., April 15, 1848; attended public and private schools; was graduated from Amherst College, Mass., in 1869;…

Frank McCourt Biography

authorBorn: August 19, 1930Died: July 19, 2009 (New York City, USA) Best Known as: author Author of three memoirs, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Angela…

Fred Herbert BROWN, Congress, NH (1879-1955)

Senate Years of Service: 1933-1939Party: DemocratBROWN, Fred Herbert, a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Ossipee, Carroll County, N.H., April 12, 1879; attended the public schools and Dow…

J. Herbert BURKE, Congress, FL (1913-1993)

BURKE, J. Herbert, a Representative from Florida; born in Chicago, Ill., January 14, 1913; attended the public schools of Chicago, Ill.; attended Central Y.M.C.A. College in Chicago, Ill., and…

Herbert Eugene HARRIS, II, Congress, VA (1926)

HARRIS, Herbert Eugene, II, a Representative from Virginia; born in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., April 14, 1926; attended St. Francis Xavier Elementary School, Kansas City, 1930-1939;…

Mather, Frank Jewett, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Mather, Frank Jewett, Jr., 1868–1953, American art critic and teacher, b. Deep River, Conn., grad. Williams, 1889, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins, 1892. He taught (1893–1900) at Williams and was…

Land, Edwin Herbert

(Encyclopedia) Land, Edwin Herbert, 1909–91, American inventor and photographic pioneer. While at Harvard, Land became interested in the properties and manipulation of polarized light. He left…

Paul Herbert MALONEY, Congress, LA (1876-1967)

MALONEY, Paul Herbert, a Representative from Louisiana; born in New Orleans, La., February 14, 1876; attended the public school and Mrs. Ashe’s Private School, Pass Christian, Miss.;…

Read, Sir Herbert

(Encyclopedia) Read, Sir Herbert, 1893–1968, English poet and critic. His studies at the Univ. of Leeds were interrupted by World War I, in which he served with a Yorkshire regiment. After the war he…