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Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens 1879-1955, American poet, b. Reading, Pa., educated at Harvard and New York Law School. After 1916 he was associated with the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, and from 1934 until his death he served as its vice president. A master of exquisite verse, Stevens was specifically... Read more |
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Cat Stevens
Cat StevensSinger, songwriter Singer-songwriter Cat Stevens has gone through many changes during the course of his career. Beginning as a British teen idol in the late 1960s, he eventually rose to great heights of popular and critical acclaim as a folk artist in the 1970s. Then, while still... Read more |
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Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim The American-born British inventor Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840-1916) is chiefly known for the automatic rifle, or machine gun, that bears his name. Hiram Stevens Maxim was born near Sangerville, Maine, on Feb. 5, 1840. He received only a common-school education... Read more |
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Stevens
Stevens family of U.S. inventors. John Stevens, 1749-1838, b. New York City, was graduated from King's College (now Columbia Univ.) in 1768. He studied law (1768-71) and soon joined his father, a wealthy landowner and merchant, in New Jersey politics. During the American Revolution he served as... Read more |
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N.M. Stevens
STEVENS, NETTIE MARIA(b. Cavendish, Vermont, 7 July 1861; d. Baltimore, Maryland, 4 May 1912)cytology, heredity.Nettie Maria Stevens came from solid New England stock. The first American Stevens came from Chelmsford, England, to Boston; his eldest son went to Chelmsford, Massachusetts, in 1663. The... Read more |
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Janet Stevens
Stevens, Janet 1953–PersonalBorn January 17, 1953, in Dallas, TX; daughter of Jack (a naval officer) and Frances Stevens; married Ted Habermann (a research scientist); children: Lindsey, Blake. Education: University of Colorado, B.F.A., 1975. Hobbies and other interests: Mountain biking, camping,... Read more |
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Abram Stevens Hewitt
Abram Stevens Hewitt Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903) was a major figure in the American iron and steel industry. His public career included service as mayor of New York City. Abram S. Hewitt was born at Haverstraw, N.Y., on July 31, 1822, the son of a British-born mechanic. Educated in New... Read more |
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Frank Marshall
MARSHALL, Frank Producer and Director. Nationality:American. Born:Los Angeles, 13 September 1946. Education:Attended University of California, Los Angeles, as political science major. Family:Married the producer Kathleen Kennedy. Career:Protégé... Read more |
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Henry Stevens
Henry Stevens 1819-86, American bookdealer and bibliographer, b. Barnet, Vt. After attending college and law school, Stevens went to Europe as agent for several important libraries of the United States and remained in England to collect Americana for the British Museum. While there he made catalogs... Read more |
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Steven Millhauser
Millhauser, Steven (1943– ),born in New York City, reared in Connecticut, graduated from Columbia (1965) and later studied and taught at Brown. His novels are Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer, 1943–1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright (1972), a comic Nabokovian biography... Read more |
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