Severo Ochoa
Severo Ochoa , 1905-93, American biochemist and educator, b. Spain, M.D. Univ. of Madrid, 1929. After teaching at the universities of Madrid, Heidelberg, and Oxford, he came to the United States in 1940. In 1954 he was appointed chairman of the department of biochemistry at New York Univ. He became an American citizen in 1956. With Arthur Kornberg he received the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the synthesis of ribonucleic acid (RNA), an organic compound that carries hereditary qualities in all reproduction.
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Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel Francis Du Pont.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Parameters; 6/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel Francis Du Pont. By Kevin J. Weddle. Charlottesville...A case in point is Admiral Samuel Francis du Pont, one of the pioneers of the...Pont de Nemours and Company, Samuel du Pont was enchanted by the...
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Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel Francis Du Pont
Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel Francis Du Pont. By Kevin J. Weddle. A Nation Divided: New Studies...Weddle restores the Civil War reputation of Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, exploring how one of the most highly regarded...
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Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel Francis Du Pont.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2005; 499 words
; ...s tragic admiral; the life of Samuel Francis Du Pont. Weddle, Kevin J. U. of Virginia...studies in Civil War history E467 Du Pont began in the Navy at age 11 and...take Charleston by sea in 1863. Du Pont was not entirely convinced this...
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A Wealth of du Pont Mansions
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/1/1996; ; 494 words
; ...his great-grandson, Alfred I. du Pont. Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square...a chronicler, belonged to Pierre Samuel du Pont II, another great-grandson. The...century later by its owner, Henry Francis du Pont (1880-1969), also E...
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One Ticket - Two du Pont Gardens; In March and April, Garden Enthusiasts Can Visit Both Longwood Gardens and Winterthur for One Low Price.
PR Newswire; 2/24/2004; 700+ words
; ...Country Estate, share roots as former du Pont family estates. Longwood, considered...display garden, was created by Pierre Samuel du Pont (1870-1954) and is well-known...displays. Winterthur, created by Henry Francis du Pont (1880-1969), second...
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The marble carvings on the Du ...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/9/2006; 312 words
; ...the one named Sky reveals all. Wind is nude as well. He's a looker, too. The fountain memorializes Adm. Samuel Francis du Pont, the Civil War hero. Daniel Chester French (1850-1931) also gave Washington its grandest public statue...
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Yuxtaposiciones.(Augusto Pinochet; Lucía Hiriart)
Magazine article from: Proceso; 9/12/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...estadunidense, tres cuadras entre el Du Pont Circle y el Sheridan Circle que...haba mandado matar. En cuanto al Du Pont Circle --nombrado por el almirante Samuel Francis Du Pont, hroe de la guerra civil estadunidense...
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It was Daniel Chester French ...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/27/2002; 354 words
; ...transparent. She represents the sea. Rear Adm. Samuel Francis du Pont was castigated widely for his loss at Charleston...goddess of the stars. -- Paul Richard The Rear Adm. Samuel Francis du Pont Memorial Fountain is at the intersection of Connecticut...
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Dupont Circle
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/26/1987; 411 words
; ...western end of the residential sector of the city. In 1884, a bronze statue commissioned by the du Pont family of Rear Admiral Samuel Francis du Pont, a Union Naval officer and Civil War hero, was dedicated and the circle renamed in his honor...
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Ga. Agency to Study Sunken Civil War Ship; Some Hope That Survey Is First Step in Preserving Confederate Blockade Runner
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/29/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Nashville so frustrated the Union Navy that Rear Adm. Samuel Francis Du Pont, commander of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron...would absolutely have shaken stocks in Wall Street," Du Pont wrote the day after the Nashville sank. Last month...
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Samuel Francis Du Pont
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Samuel Francis Du Pont 1803-65, American naval officer, b. Bergen Point, N.J.; grandson of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours . Appointed a midshipman in 1815, he saw his first active...
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Du Pont, Samuel Francis
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Du Pont, Samuel Francis (1803–65) Union naval officer and noted tactitian, born...the Navy Department, was considered doomed by naval hydrographers. Du Pont Circle in Washington, D.C., and several U.S. Navy vessels were...
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Collecting
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...The librarian of the American Antiquarian Society, Samuel F. Haven, reported in 1842 that "old pictures, old...devoted to collecting. Starting just after 1900, Henry Francis Du Pont of Winterthur, Delaware, began to amass an extensive...
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The 1920s: Business and the Economy: Deaths
Book article from: American Decades
...ECONOMY: DEATHS Francis Wayland Ayer, 75...12 March 1929. Samuel Carr, Boston financier...1928. Alexis I. du Pont, 52, associate of E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company...1921. Biederman du Pont, 86, associate...
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The 1920s: Government and Politics: Deaths
Book article from: American Decades
...1906-1917), associate of E. I. Du Pont de Nemours Sc Company gunpowder manufacturer...1913), 12 June 1921. David Rowland Francis, 76, governor (D) of Missouri...1913-1915), 14 December 1924. Samuel Gompers, 74, labor leader, organizer...
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