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Amos Kendall
Amos Kendall , 1789-1869, American journalist and statesman, b. Dunstable, Middlesex co., Mass. He edited (1816-29) at Frankfort, Ky., the Argus of Western America, one of the most influential Western papers of the day. At first a supporter of Henry Clay, he shifted allegiance to Andrew Jackson ... Read more
Henry Way Kendall
Henry Way Kendall 1926-99, American physicist. A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kendall won the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics with Jerome Friedman and Richard Taylor for a series of experiments (1967-73) that showed that the fundamental particles of matter are not protons... Read more
George Wilkins Kendall
George Wilkins Kendall 1809-67, American journalist, b. near Amherst, N.H. After a succession of journalistic jobs, he was a partner in founding (1837) the New Orleans Picayune. In 1841 he joined the disastrous Texan expedition to Santa Fe, sponsored by the president of Texas, Mirabeau Lamar, in ... Read more
Edward Calvin Kendall
Edward Calvin Kendall 1886-1972, American biochemist, b. South Norwalk, Conn., grad. Columbia (B.S., 1908; Ph.D., 1910). At St. Luke's Hospital, New York City, he did research on the thyroid gland (1911-14). He became (1914) head of the biochemistry section at the Mayo Clinic and was (1921-51) prof... Read more
Sir John Hare
Sir John Hare 1844-1921, English actor-manager, whose original name was John Fairs. From 1856 to 1874 he was a prominent actor with the Bancrofts' company in the plays of Tom Robertson. He managed (1875-79) the Court Theatre and later with the Kendals co-managed (1879-88) the St. James Theatre. In ... Read more
Peter Mark Roget
Peter Mark Roget , 1779-1869, English physician and lexicographer. For 50 years while he practiced medicine and was secretary of the Royal Society (1827-49), Roget prepared his Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (1852). In successive editions supervised by him, his son, his grandson, and other... Read more
Kitchen Cabinet
Kitchen Cabinet in U.S. history, popular name for the group of intimate, unofficial advisers of President Jackson . Early in his administration Jackson abandoned official cabinet meetings and used heads of departments solely to execute their departmental duties, while the policies of his administr... Read more
Jerome Isaac Friedman
Jerome Isaac Friedman , 1930-, American physicist, b. Chicago, Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1956. A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Friedman won the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics with Richard E. Taylor and Henry W. Kendall for a series of experiments (1967-73) that showed that p... Read more
Thomas William Robertson
Thomas William Robertson 1829-71, English dramatist and actor; brother of Madge Kendal. After spending several years as an actor, he turned to playwriting, initiating the "cup and saucer" school of drama, which was characterized by its realism and its contemporary, domestic setting. His first s... Read more
Evanston
Evanston residential city (1990 pop. 73,233), Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; settled 1826, inc. 1892. A largely residential suburb north of Chicago, Evanston has businesses and manufactures goods such as books and published documents, paper, paint, chemicals, and medical supplies. It is also ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Kendall,"

Thomas Henry Kendall
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Thomas Henry Kendall Though his education was slight and he...variety of personal troubles, Thomas Henry Kendall (1839-1882) persevered with his verse...Australia's best known 19th century poet. Kendall grew up on the southern coast of the continent...
Amos Kendall
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Amos Kendall Amos Kendall (1789-1869), American journalist and politician, was postmaster...President Jackson and a leading member of his "Kitchen Cabinet." Amos Kendall was born in Dunstable, Mass., on Aug. 16, 1789. As a child...
Edward Calvin Kendall
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Edward Calvin Kendall Edward Calvin Kendall (1886-1972), American biochemist and Nobel Prize winner...synthesis of the hormone cortisone. On March 8, 1886, E. C. Kendall was born in South Norwalk, Conn. He received a bachelor of...
Kendall v. United States Ex Rel. Stokes
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States Kendall v. United States Ex Rel. Stokes, 12...newly appointed postmaster general Amos Kendall refused to obey an order from the federal...with the firm of Stockton and Stokes. Kendall, appointed by President Andrew Jackson...
George Wilkins Kendall
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition George Wilkins Kendall 1809-67, American journalist, b. near...of Texas. The surviving members, including Kendall, were marched to Mexico City and imprisoned. After his release Kendall wrote Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition...
Henry Way Kendall
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Henry Way Kendall 1926-99, American physicist. A professor...Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kendall won the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics with...of the Union of Concerned Scientists, Kendall was openly critical in the 1980s of the...
Kendall, Edward Calvin
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Kendall, Edward Calvin (1886–1972) US chemist. Kendall worked on the biological effects of the hormones of the adrenal glands , in particular cortisone , which he isolated. He shared the 1950 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.
Kendall, George Wilkins
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Kendall, George Wilkins (1809–67), with Francis A. Lumsden, founded the New Orleans Picayune (1837). After an adventurous...
Burton Kendall Wheeler
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Burton Kendall Wheeler 1882-1975, U.S. senator (1923-47), b. Hudson, Mass. He practiced law in Butte, Mont. Wheeler was (1911...
Tadeus Reichstein
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...prepare it in a pure state. In 1934 E. C. Kendall, of the University of Minnesota, found...Reichstein entered this field, and he and Kendall soon isolated about ten compounds from...proteins. In 1934 both Reichstein and Kendall became interested in four of the active...

Dictionary entries related to "Kendall,"

Kendall, Kay
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers KENDALL, Kay Nationality: British. Born: Justine Kendall McCarthy in Yorkshire, England, 21 May 1927. Education...Career: 1939—stage debut, then with sister Kim Kendall, in a touring variety act; 1944—film debut...
Kendall, Henry Edward
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Kendall, Henry Edward (1776–1875...1832). With his son, Henry Edward Kendall (1805–85— also...Sussex (1828–30). Among Kendall junior's works were Shuckburgh Hall...
Emerson, Benjamin Kendall
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Emerson, Benjamin Kendall ( b . Nashua, New Hampshire, 20 December...a lawyer; his mother was Elizabeth Kendall. Emerson received his secondary education...Loomis, “ Memorial of Benjamin Kendall Emerson, ” in Bulletin of...
Gallaudet University
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Blind, the school was founded by Amos Kendall (1789 – 1869)as the city's school for the deaf in 1857. Kendall, who served as postmaster general...on his Northeast Washington estate, Kendall Green. It was later renamed for the...
Leverton, Thomas
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...Lincoln's Inn Fields, London (1772), for Henry Kendall, who had originally enabled Leverton to perfect...knowledge of architecture. In turn, Leverton took on Kendall's son, Henry Edward Kendall , as a pupil. He laid out Hamilton Place, Piccadilly...
White League
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Reconstruction. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1984. Taylor, Joe Gray. Louisiana: A History. New York: W. W. Norton, 1976. John S. Kendall / c. p. See also Louisiana ; New Orleans Riots ; Reconstruction ; Vigilantes .
New Orleans Riots
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Reconstruction Riots. New Orleans, La.: 1935. Taylor, Joe Gray. Louisiana Reconstructed, 1863 – 1877. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 1974. John S. Kendall / a. r. See also Louisiana ; Reconstruction ; Riots .
Bridges, Jeff
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...as Jack Forrester) 1986 8 Million Ways to Die (Ashby) (as Matthew Scudder); The Morning After (Lumet) (as Turner Kendall); The Thanks-giving Promise (Beau Bridges—for TV) (as neighbor, uncredited) 1987 Nadine (Benton) (as...
Dunne, Irene
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...February 1980. On DUNNE: books— Cavell, Stanley, Pursuits of Happiness, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981. Kendall, Elizabeth, The Runaway Bride: Hollywood Romantic Comedy of the 1930s, New York, 1990. Schultz, Margie, Irene Dunne...
Fontaine, Joan
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Lupino) (as Eve Graham) 1954 Casanova's Big Night (McLeod) (as Francesca Bruni) 1956 Serenade (Anthony Mann) (as Kendall Hale); Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (Fritz Lang) (as Susan Spencer) 1957 Island in the Sun (Rossen) (as Mavis Norman...

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Kendall uses second chance to help teens, community
Newspaper article from: The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.; 4/20/2006; ; 700+ words ; Six years ago, Lacey Kendall was homeless, tired and sad - very...wishing she was dead. After all, Kendall who had been raised in the happy home...of depression and substance abuse. Kendall was unable to manage her job and pay...
KENDALL'S DREAMS ARE A BAD FIT.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 6/19/1997; 700+ words ; ...Club of America Trans Am champion Tom Kendall has run headlong into at least two of...Champion since the late Mark Donohue, Kendall has been unable to crack the major leagues...is my size,'' said the 6-foot-4 Kendall, who grew up in La Canada and will race...
Kendall, 79, keeps rollin' on the river
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/14/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...back from the Housatonic," says Richard Kendall, who spent yesterday morning having it...advantage, it's an incentive," says Kendall, who gets a 12-second handicap for...might doze off between bridges. Still, Kendall turned up at the finish as a spectator...
KENDALL RIDGE EVOKES COUNTY HISTORY OF EARLY SETTLERS
Newspaper article from: Sun Publications (IL); 1/2/1998; 700+ words ; ...woods," "grove" and "river." For Kendall Ridge, developer Smykal Associates tried...honoring instead the original homesteaders. Kendall Ridge's homes -- the Caton, the Aldrich...countryside, but for the families who settled Kendall County. Kendall Ridge is in the Kendall...
Kendall finds respite in Wembley dreams
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/6/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...Few will recall such a range as Howard Kendall, and few will do so in such an appropriate setting. When Kendall takes his Sheffield United team to face...football fans have not even been to Wembley Kendall was out there playing, in the FA Cup...
Kendall-Starr Text
News Wire article from: AP Online; 11/20/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...from presidential attorney David Kendall to Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr...Federal Document Clearing House: KENDALL: Mr. Chairman, Mr. Conyers...the committee, my name is David Kendall. I'm the personal attorney for...
Kendall-Starr Excerpts
News Wire article from: AP Online; 11/20/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...questions from presidential attorney David Kendall to Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr and...before the House Judiciary Committee: KENDALL: My task is to respond to the two hours...Good evening. How are you, David? KENDALL: I'm very well, Ken. --- KENDALL...
Kendall returns to hero's welcome in Argenta after capturing ice carving bronze.
Newspaper article from: Herald & Review (Decatur, IL); 2/18/2006; 700+ words ; ...iceman returneth. Local ice artist Aaric Kendall, 27, has enough warm memories of competing...Pragelato, Italy, on Monday and Tuesday. Kendall received a hero's welcome at his Argenta...escorted by firetrucks and cheering fans. Kendall joined 40 of the world's best ice carvers...
Kendall climbs aboard `Bandwagon' The local songwriter gets a break with a movie soundtrack
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/12/1997; ; 700+ words ; Greg "Skeggy" Kendall was charged with a rather unusual taskfour...the second coming of R.E.M. So, Kendall -- a Boston-based singer-guitarist...where they were at that time," says Kendall in an interview Tuesday night. "They...
Kendall finally touches them all.
Newspaper article from: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA); 6/1/2006; 700+ words ; ...emotions, either. The genesis was Jason Kendall ending his homerless steak, which had...field with two out in the eighth inning. Kendall, naturally, was stoic as he rounded...doused him with beer in the clubhouse. Kendall, whose last homer (No. 67) occurred...