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Joseph Bingham
Joseph Bingham 1668-1723, English theologian. He is known for his learned work on Christian antiquities (10 vol., 1708-22). ... Read more
Caleb Bingham
Caleb Bingham , 1757-1817, American textbook writer, b. Salisbury, Conn. He taught until 1796, then became a bookseller and publisher in Boston. He wrote and published some of the earliest grammars, spelling books, and geographies. He was best known for his readers The American Preceptor (1794) an... Read more
Hiram Bingham
Hiram Bingham 1875-1956, American archaeologist, historian, and statesman, b. Honolulu; son of Hiram Bingham (1831-1908). He was educated at Yale (B.A., 1898), the Univ. of California (M.A., 1900), and Harvard (M.A., 1901; Ph.D., 1905) and later taught (1907-23) at Yale. Bingham headed archaeolog... Read more
George Caleb Bingham
George Caleb Bingham 1811-79, American genre painter and politician, b. Augusta co., Va. His family moved (1819) to Missouri, which was the site of most of Bingham's activities. In 1837 he studied for a short time at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. From 1856 to 1859 he traveled in Europe... Read more
Point Four program
Point Four program U.S. foreign aid project aimed at providing technological skills, knowledge, and equipment to poor nations throughout the world. The program also encouraged the flow of private investment capital to these nations. The project received its name from the fourth point of a program s... Read more
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu , Inca site in Peru, about 50 mi (80 km) NW of Cuzco. It is perched high upon a rock in a narrow saddle between two sharp mountain peaks and overlooks the Urubamba River 2,000 ft (600 m) below. Ignored and later forgotten by Spanish colonial authorities because of its abandoned condit... Read more
Sir Henry Irving
Sir Henry Irving 1838-1905, English actor and manager, originally named John Henry Brodribb. He made his debut in 1856 and achieved fame in 1871 with his portrayal of Mathias in Leopold Lewis's The Bells, a role he often repeated. Irving managed the Lyceum Theatre, London, from 1878 to 1903, and ... Read more
American Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. Founded (1920) by such prominent figures as Jane Addams, Helen Keller, Judah Magnus, and Norman Thomas, the ACLU grew out of earlier grou... Read more
Reinhold Niebuhr
Reinhold Niebuhr , 1892-1971, American religious and social thinker, b. Wright City, Mo. A graduate of Yale Divinity School, he served (1915-28) as pastor of Bethel Evangelical Church in Detroit, where he became deeply interested in social problems. In 1928 he began teaching at Union Theological Sem... Read more
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1751-1816, English dramatist and politician, b. Dublin. His father, Thomas Sheridan, was an actor and teacher of elocution and his mother, Frances Sheridan, published two novels and a successful play. Sheridan was educated by tutors and at Harrow. After his elopement in 17... Read more

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Hiram Bingham
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Hiram Bingham Hiram Bingham (1875-1956) was an American explorer who discovered the famous Inca ruins of Machu Picchu and other important Inca sites. Hiram Bingham was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on November 19, 1875, the son of...
George Caleb Bingham
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography George Caleb Bingham The American painter George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879) depicted life in Missouri around the middle...river boatmen and rural politics. Although George Caleb Bingham is known today for his well-composed, candid genre...
Bingham, John Armor
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law BINGHAM, JOHN ARMOR John Armor Bingham was born January 21, 1815, at Mercer, Pennsylvania. He attended...establishing a successful legal practice in Cadiz in 1840. In 1854, Bingham became an Ohio representative to Congress, serving until 1873...
Bingham, Sir Richard
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History Bingham, Sir Richard (1528–99...president of Connacht 1584–96. Bingham disliked Perrot 's composition of Connacht...defeated their redshanks at Ardnaree . In 1589 Bingham, with his kinsmen and clients, began...
Bingham Canyon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Bingham Canyon or Bingham, uninc. village, N central Utah, near Tooele, in a canyon of...City. At first (1848) a farm of the Mormons Thomas and Sanford Bingham, it became in the 1860s a roaring mining town, dealing in gold...
Lucan, George Charles Bingham, 3rd earl of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History Lucan, George Charles Bingham, 3rd earl of (1800–88...into an aristocratic family, George Bingham became an officer in the British army...gained command of the 17th Lancers. Bingham had a reputation for personal bravery...
Bingham, Amelia (Smiley)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Bingham, Amelia [Smiley] (1869–1927), actress and manager. Born...career despite the vigorous opposition of her deeply religious family. Bingham's earliest appearance was on the West Coast, but she came to New York...
Bingham, Caleb
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Bingham, Caleb (1757–1817), author of school texts, whose books The American Preceptor (1794) and The Columbian Orator (1797) were constant companions of the Bible and the Psalms in New England schools. He translated Chateaubriand's Atala (1802).
Bingham, Hiram
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Bingham, Hiram (1875–1956) US archaeologist. His 1911 discovery, and subsequent excavation, of the Inca mountain city of Machu Picchu in the Peruvian Andes helped historians unravel the story of Peru before the Spanish conquest.
Joseph Bingham
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Joseph Bingham 1668-1723, English theologian. He is known for his learned work on Christian antiquities (10 vol., 1708-22).

Dictionary entries related to "bingham"

Bingham fluid
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences Bingham fluid A viscous fluid that possesses a yield strength which must be exceeded before the fluid will flow. Most lava flows are examples of Bingham fluids. When an initial shear stress is applied to a fluid lava (e.g...
Lucan, George Charles Bingham, 3rd earl of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Lucan, George Charles Bingham, 3rd earl of (1800–88). Born into an aristocratic family, George Bingham became an officer in the British army by purchase in 1816. He relinquished his command in 1837, succeeding to the title of...
Bingham, Joseph
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Bingham, Joseph (1668–1723), Anglican clergyman. His famous work, the Origines Ecclesiastiae; or the Antiquities of...
Bingham, George Caleb
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Bingham, George Caleb ( b Augusta County, Va., 20 Mar. 1811; d Kansas City, Mo., 7 July 1879). American painter. He worked...
Adams, Maurice Bingham
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Adams, Maurice Bingham (1849–1933). English architect, best remembered for his part in the making of Bedford Park, Chiswick, the artists...
Niagara Campaigns
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Aviation Publication Company of America, 1993. Whitfield, Carol M. The Battle of Queenston Heights. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: National Historic Sites Service, 1974. Robert W. Bingham / a. r. See also Stoney Creek, Battle of .
Niagara Falls
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...McKinsey, Elizabeth R. Niagara Falls: Icon of the American Sublime. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Robert W. Bingham James E. Brittain / d. b. See also Canadian-American Waterways ; Electric Power and Light Industry ; Energy Industry...
Congress Debates the Fourteenth Amendment (1866)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...the Fourteenth Amendment cover the draft proposed by John A. Bingham of Ohio, which was tabled in early March 1866, and the May...understand to be claimed by the gentlemen from Ohio, [Mr. Bingham] who introduced it, and which I infer from his question is...
Stoney Creek, Battle of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...BIBLIOGRAPHY Babcock, Louis L. The War of 1812 on the Niagara Frontier. Buffalo, 1927. Pierre, Berton. The Invasion of Canada. Boston: Little, Brown. 1980. Robert W. Bingham / a. r. See also Niagara Campaigns ; War of 1812 .
Great Lakes Naval Campaigns of 1812
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Fletcher. Preble's Boys: Commodore Preble and the Birth of American Sea Power. New York: Sloane, 1950. Robert W. Bingham / a. r. See also Canadian-American Waterways ; Great Lakes ; Lake Erie, Battle of ; Navy, United States ; Niagara Campaigns...

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Bingham's on Hold; Book On Louisville Publishers Postponed
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/3/1987; ; 700+ words ; ...raised by Kentucky newspaper magnate Barry Bingham Sr., Macmillan Publishing Co. has postponed...telephone interview, is that Robert Worth Bingham, the founder of the newspaper empire and Barry Bingham's father, "colluded with a doctor in...
Bingham's Gift: Political Views
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/13/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...S A SAFE bet that painter George Caleb Bingham would get an NEA grant if he were around...No controversy, no questions asked. Bingham's bucolic scenes celebrating American...National Gallery of Art, a show of 29 of Bingham's best paintings from his most productive...
Sallie Bingham: patron saint of Santa Fe. (playwright and novelist)
Magazine article from: American Theatre; 10/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...possible by the very generous support of Sallie Bingham." With a single check, Bingham - the playwright, novelist and an heir to the...adaptation of Pierre Corneille's The Illusion. Bingham was in the audience for every festival production...
Bingham Financial Reinforces Focus On Manufactured Home Lending With Agreement to Sell Bloomfield Acceptance & Servicing Companies to Wells Fargo.
Business Wire; 5/22/2001; 700+ words ; ...Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2001 Bingham Financial Services Corporation (Nasdaq:BFSC...signed a definitive agreement for the sale by Bingham to Wells Fargo of the assets of Bingham's subsidiaries Bloomfield Acceptance Company...
Bingham McCutchen and Swidler Berlin Sign Letter of Intent to Merge.
News Wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing; 12/14/2005; 700+ words ; ...Originally published December 8, 2005 Bingham McCutchen LLP, an 850-attorney law...The combined firm, which will use the Bingham McCutchen name, will total nearly 1...than $700 million. The merger will give Bingham McCutchen enhanced reach and strength...
BINGHAM GETS THE JOB DONE.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/18/1987; 700+ words ; ...ranks - is Galway Supervisor Patrick J. Bingham, a retired Navy commander who was elected...s not my style to start things up," Bingham said about what to expect during his one...Those short sentences sum up the legacy of Bingham's 23-year naval career and his 21...
Bingham's Penguins waddle on fast track.(Sports)(23rd Marine Corps Marathon)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 10/23/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...for alcohol. But what happened to John Bingham when he passed his 40th year is all too...getting harder and harder to do," said Bingham, who also was a college professor at...couldn't do 50 yards." But at 43, Bingham was about to change his life forever...
Bingham's new look
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/9/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...own hair, so who better to check out Bingham Dana's latest high-profile hire...second Republican governor to sign on with Bingham Dana's strategic consulting firm, launched in January. What's going on at Bingham is worth watching. This has always been...
Bingham Dana and McCutchen to Merge; Combined Firm Expands to More Than 800 Lawyers, Creating National Legal Powerhouse.
Business Wire; 5/30/2002; 700+ words ; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2002 Bingham Dana LLP, a 500-attorney firm with...2002. The combined firm, to be known as Bingham McCutchen LLP, will rank as approximately...national reputation in its own right. Bingham Dana, with its roots in Boston, has...
Howard Bingham: Photographing Ali And America
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation; 9/23/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Talk of the Nation 09-23-2008 Howard Bingham: Photographing Ali And America Host...Nation from NPR News. Right now, Howard Bingham calls himself the Forest Gump of photojournalism...photographer who learned his craft on the job, Bingham is most famous for his photos of Muhammad...