William 1598 1645 Strode
Strode, William (1598-1645), English Parliamen Tarian, Second Son Of Sir William Strode, Of Newnham, Devon Shire, Was Returned To Parliament In 1624 For Beeralston, .and Represented The Borough In All Succeeding Parliaments Till His Death. He From The First Threw Himself Into Opposition To Charles I. And Took A Leading ...
William 1825 1901 Stubbs
Stubbs, William (1825-1901), English Historian And Bishop Of Oxford, Son Of William Morley Stubbs, Solicitor, Of Knaresborough, Yorkshire, Was Born On June 1825, And Was Educated At The Ripon Grammar School And At Christ Church, Oxford, Where He Graduated In 1848, With A First Class In Classics And A Third ...
William 1859 1921 Strang
Strang, William (1859-1921), Scottish Painter And Engraver, Was Born At Dumbarton, N.b., On Feb. 13, 1859, The Son Of Peter Strang, Builder. In 1875 He Went To London, Where He Studied Under Legros At The Slade School For Six Years. He Became Assistant Master In The Etching Class, And Was ...
William Alexander Stirling
Stirling, William Alexander, Earl Of (c. Scottish Poet And Statesman, Generally Known As William Alexander, Was Born At Menstrie House, Near Stirling, About 1567, And Probably Educated At Stirling Grammar School. He May Also Have Been To The Universities Of Glasgow And Leyden. He Followed James Vi. To England, Where ...
William Alexander Stirling_2
Stirling, William Alexander, Titular Earl Of (1726-1783), American Soldier, Was Born In New York City. He Served First As Commissary And Then As Aide-de-camp To Governor William Shirley At The Beginning Of The French And Indian War, And In 1756 He Accompanied Shirley To England, Where He Prose Cuted His ...
William De La Pole
Suffolk, William De La Pole, Duke Of (1396— 1450, Second Son Of Michael De La Pole, Second Earl Of Suffolk, Was Born On Oct. 16, 1396. Suffolk Served In All The Later French Campaigns Of The Reign Of Henry V., And In Spite Of His Youth Held High Command On ...
William Howard Taft
Taft, William Howard The 27th President And Tenth Chief Justice Of The United States, Was Born In Cincinnati, 0., On Sept. 15, 1857. His Father, Alphonse Taft, Was Attorney General In President Grant's Cabinet (1876-1877) And Minister To Austria (1882-4) And To Russia (1884-5). Wil Liam Howard Taft Graduated Second ...
William James 1828 1901 Stillman
Stillman, William James (1828-1901), American Painter And Journalist, Was Born At Schenectady (n. Y.), June I, 1828. He Graduated At Union College, Schenectady, In 1848. He Studied Art Under Frederick E. Church And Early In 185o Went To England, Where He Fell So Much Under The Influence Of Rossetti And ...
William Scott Stowell
Stowell, William Scott, Baron English Judge And Jurist, Was Born At Heworth, Near Newcastle, On Oct. 17, The Son Of A "coalfitter" (or Tradesman Engaged In The Transport Of Coal). His Younger Brother John Became The Famous Lord Chancellor Eldon. Scott Was Educated At The New Castle Grammar School And ...
William Tell
Tell, William. The Story Of William Tell's Skill In Shooting At And Striking The Apple Which Had Been Placed On The Head Of His Little Son By Order Of Gessler, The Tyrannical Austrian Bailiff Of Uri, Is So Closely Bound Up With The Legendary History Of The Origin Of The ...
William Thomas Stead
Stead, William Thomas ( , I _49-1912) , English Journalist, Was Born At Embleton, Northumberland, On July 5, 1849, The Son Of A Congregational Minister. He Was Early Appren Ticed In A Merchant's Office At Newcastle-on-tyne ; He Soon Gravi Tated, However, Into Journalism, And In 1871 Became Editor Of ...
X Ray Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy, X-ray. It Is Now A Generally Accepted Fact That X-rays Form A Branch Of Ordinary Optics. Proceeding From The Visible Light (8,00o-4,000 Angstrom Units) To The Electro Magnetic Waves Of Shorter Wave-lengths We Are Able By Recent Spectroscopic Methods To Pass Without Any Break Through The Ultra-violet Region (the ...
Zachary Taylor
Taylor, Zachary (1784-185o), Twelfth President Of The United States, Was Born In Orange County, Virginia, Sept. 1784. Within The Year His Father, Richard Taylor, An Officer In The Revolutionary War, Made A New Home For His Family In Kentucky Where Washington Appointed Him Collector Of The Port Of Louis Ville, ...