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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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...

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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...
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 .
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 .
North by Northwest
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Herrmann; special effects: A. Arnold Gillespie and Lee LeBlanc. Cast: Cary Grant (Roger Thornhill ); Eva Marie Saint (Eve Kendall ); James Mason (Phillip Vandamm ); Jessie Royce Landis (Clara Thornhill ); Leo G. Carroll (Professor ); Philip Ober...
Milestone, Lewis
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...schools in Kishinev, Russia; University of Ghent, Belgium; engineering college in Mitweide, Germany. Family: Married Kendall Lee Glaezner, 1935 (died 1978). Military Service: Served in U.S. Army Signal Corps photography section, 1917–...
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...

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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 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 is trying to keep Trans-Am streak intact.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 7/2/1997; ; 700+ words ; 1/3 Without hesitation, Tommy Kendall predicted the winner of Sunday's Trans...people think the winner will be Tommy Kendall. Again. "I'm predicting big things from Jon in Minneapolis," Kendall said. "Of course, if he's going...
Kendall Denies Killing Family: Fear Made Him Run From Fire Scene, Defendant Testifies.
Newspaper article from: Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT); 1/17/2007; 700+ words ; ...Christine Dempsey Jan. 17--Michael Kendall on Tuesday denied fatally shooting his...was hurting. I just started running." Kendall was the target of a massive manhunt when...and burned in their East Hartford home. Kendall also testified Tuesday that his gun...
Kendall plans return to Springfield with Hyundai.(Business)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 3/28/2002; 700+ words ; ...30/02): The Skillern family's Kendall Automotive Group and Steve Romania's...transaction. Under the merger, the value of Kendall and the value of the Romania dealerships...an example of urban redevelopment, but Kendall Automotive Group figures that its new...
Kendall Pride Annual Parade to be held Sunday, Feb. 11. (by Miami-Kendall Rotary Club) (NEWS ADVISORY)
PR Newswire; 2/12/1990; 700+ words ; -- NEWS ADVISORY -- TO CITY AND ASSIGNMENT DESKS: KENDALL PRIDE ANNUAL PARADE TO BE HELD SUNDAY, FEB. 11 Kendall Pride Annual Parade sponsored by the Miami-Kendall Rotary Club will have 55 units stepping off at noon. The staging...
Kendall Kollection kicks off in Glencoe
Newspaper article from: Glencoe News (IL); 4/10/2008; ; 700+ words ; Sitting in the bright sun room with Kendall Sierens and watching her laugh and play...Drugs in Glencoe will be selling the "Kendall Kollection" -- a collection of school...graphic designer Jackie McFee -- and Kendall will be there from 3-5 p.m. on Saturday...
Kendall leads field in search of first tournament win.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 7/17/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Gary D'amato TROON, Scotland _ Skip Kendall doesn't mind if you point out he is...PGA Tour, as well as any place else," Kendall said. "I think it's just a matter...chilly afternoon on the Ayrshire coast, Kendall played one of the finest rounds of his...
Kendall's words of wisdom
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 8/2/2006; 700+ words ; Jason Kendall hits a home run almost as often as Los...shuddering. "Somehow I ran into one," Kendall said. He ran into one on May 31 against...biting remarks are a sign of endearment, Kendall's teammates let him have it. "They...
Kendall College Partners with Les Roches Hospitality Management School of Switzerland.
Business Wire; 7/22/2004; 700+ words ; ...International Hospitality Management Program Kendall College and Les Roches Hospitality Management...International Hospitality Management program to Kendall in Chicago. The new bachelor's degree...offered starting in September 2004, when Kendall College moves to its new state-of...