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John Deere
John Deere 1804-86, American industrialist, manufacturer of agricultural implements, b. Rutland, Vt. He was one of the pioneers of the steel plow industry. A blacksmith by trade, he established (1837) a shop at Grand Detour, Ill. There he was associated with Leonard Andrus in making (1837) the fi...
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Warren Edward Buffett
Warren Edward Buffett , 1930-, American financial executive, b. Omaha, Nebr., studied at Wharton School of Finance (1947-49), grad. Univ. of Nebraska (B.S., 1950), Columbia Univ. (M.S., 1951). After working as an investment salesman and securities analyst, he was partner (1956-69) in the investment ...
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Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), U.S. government program designed to assist economically disadvantaged, unemployed, or underemployed persons. Enacted in 1973, CETA provided block grants to state and local governments to support public and private job training and such youth program...
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William Rutherford Mead
William Rutherford Mead 1846-1928, American architect, b. Brattleboro, Vt. He entered the office of Russell Sturgis in New York City. In 1872 he began to practice architecture with C. F. McKim , and their partnership was joined by Stanford White in 1879 to make the famous firm of McKim, Mead, ...
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Agnes Maude Royden
Agnes Maude Royden 1876-1956, English preacher and social worker, studied at Oxford. The first woman to preach (1917-20) in an established Anglican church, she was also active in social reforms, notably the woman suffrage and social hygiene movements. Among her many books are Sex and Common Sense ...
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Sir James Frazer Stirling
Sir James Frazer Stirling 1926-92, British architect, b. Glasgow, grad. Univ. of Liverpool school of architecture (1950). Settling in London, Stirling worked in partnership (1956-63) with James Gowan, and became known for straightforward and functional modernist public buildings executed mainly in ...
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John Merven Carrère
John Merven Carrère , 1858-1911, American architect, b. Rio de Janeiro. After graduating from the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, he worked under McKim, Mead, and White in New York City, and from 1886 until his death practiced in partnership with Thomas Hastings. The best-known works of C...
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Sir William Mackenzie
Sir William Mackenzie 1849-1923, Canadian railroad builder and financier, b. Ontario. In the early 1870s he became a railroad contractor. He constructed portions of the Canadian National and the Canadian Pacific railroads. Entering (c.1888) into partnership with Sir Donald Mann, another Canadian Pa...
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bourse
bourse , term applied to a European stock exchange . The first international bourse was established in Antwerp in the 16th cent. The Paris bourse, dating from 1720 but completely reorganized in 1999, consists of the main exchange, equivalent to the New York Stock Exchange, plus the Matif (the deriv...
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Richard Burton
Richard Burton 1925-84, British actor, b. Pontrhydfen, Wales; his original name was Richard Jenkins. A dark, introspective actor with a splendid speaking voice, Burton specialized in portraying conflicted, frequently tormented, men. He appeared with the Old Vic in Henry V and Othello and on Bro...
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