|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
|
degree
... Read more |
|
John Glenn
Glenn, John American Astronaut and Senator 1921- Born in Cambridge, Ohio, on July 18, 1921, John Hershel Glenn, Jr., graduated with a bachelor of science degree in engineering from Muskigum College in 1942. Glenn has received nine honorary doctoral degrees from various colleges and universities.... Read more |
|
Clark University
CLARK UNIVERSITY Sigmund Freud's only visit to the United States was in 1909, when he was invited by G. Stanley Hall, first president of Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, to deliver a series of lectures to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the university. Hall invited twenty-seven... Read more |
|
Sven Hedin
Hedin, Sven Anders (b. Stockholm, Sweden, 19 February 1865; d. Stockholm, 26 November 1952) geography. Hedin was the son of Abraham Ludvig Hedin, town architect in Stockholm, and the former Anna Sofia Berlin. He completed his secondary education at Stockholm in 1885, received the B.S. at Uppsala... Read more |
|
May Edward Chinn
May Edward Chinn Mary Edward Chinn (1896-1890) is best remembered for the racial barriers she confronted as one of the first black women physicians in New York City. May Edward Chinn is best remembered for the racial barriers she confronted as one of the first black women physicians in New... Read more |
|
Juliana Emma Maria Wilhelmina
Juliana Princess Juliana of the Netherlands (born 1909) reigned as queen from 1948 to 1980. Despite repeated troubles in her personal and public life, she held the respect and affection of the Dutch people during the country's difficult recovery from the devastation of World War II. Born... Read more |
|
degree-day
degree-day a unit of measure used to estimate the fuel and power requirements in heating and cooling a building; it is equal to a difference of 1 degree between the outdoor daily average temperature (the mean of the maximum and minimum daily dry-bulb temperatures) and a reference temperature.... Read more |
|
Burns
Burns Definition Burns are injuries to tissues that are caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals. Description Burns are characterized by degree, based on the severity of the tissue damage. A first-degree burn causes redness and swelling in the outermost layers of skin... Read more |
|
Allan Bakke
BAKKE, ALLAN 1940- M EDICAL STUDENT AND LITIGANT From Engineer to Doctor Allan Bakke was a symbol of the white backlash to civil rights and affirmative action programs. Son of a Minneapolis mailman and a teacher, Bakke originally was graduated from the University of ... Read more |
|
Edward Hirsch Levi
LEVI, EDWARD HIRSCH Edward Hirsch Levi served as U.S. attorney general from 1975 to 1976. A prominent and respected lawyer, scholar, and teacher, Levi became attorney general following the watergate scandals and the resignation of President richard m. nixon. Levi helped to restore respect and... Read more |
|
|
HALL OF FAME NBA COACH JACKSON SET TO RECEIVE HONORARY DOCTORATE DEGREE FROM...
...release: Hall of Fame basketball coach and University...Dakota alumnus Phil Jackson will add...receives an Honorary Doctorate of Letters...ceremony set for 2 p...public. Jackson, currently...coaching in the NBA. He's...of Letters degree to an ... |
|
|
HALL OF FAME NBA COACH JACKSON SET TO RECEIVE HONORARY DOCTORATE DEGREE FROM...
...release: Hall of Fame basketball coach and University...Dakota alumnus Phil Jackson will add...receives an Honorary Doctorate of Letters...ceremony set for 2 p...public. Jackson, currently...coaching in the NBA. He's...of Letters degree to an ... |