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C Wright Mills
C. Wright Mills 1916-62, American sociologist, b. Waco, Tex. He studied at the Univ. of Texas (A.B., M.A., 1939) and the Univ. of Wisconsin (Ph.D., 1942) and spent his academic career (1946-62) as a professor at Columbia Univ. A controversial figure, Mills advocated a comparative world sociology... Read more |
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Agnes de Mille
Agnes de Mille (Agnes George de Mille) , 1905-93, American choreographer and dancer, b. New York City; granddaughter of Henry George , daughter of playwright director W. C. de Mille, and niece of Cecil B. De Mille . After her concert debut in 1928, she went to London and worked with Antony ... Read more |
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Robert Mills
Robert Mills 1781-1855, American architect of the classic revival period, b. Charleston, S.C. From 1800 to 1820 he worked as an architect in Washington, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, being associated at different times with Thomas Jefferson, James Hoban, and B. H. Latrobe. He then returned to... Read more |
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Mill Hill Missionaries
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Workington
Workington town (1991 pop. 25,978), Cumbria, NW England, at the mouth of the Derwent River. Workington has a significant harbor. Industries include iron and engineering works, clothing, and steel mills. Coal mines are in the vicinity.... Read more |
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Ogden Livingston Mills
Ogden Livingston Mills 1884-1937, American political leader, b. Newport, R.I. He practiced law in New York City and became an active Republican party leader. He served (1914-17) in the New York state legislature and then (1921-27) in the U.S. Congress, where he was noted as a fiscal expert. He was... Read more |
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Oliver Evans
Oliver Evans 1755-1819, American inventor, b. near Newport, Del. He joined his brothers in a flour-milling business in Wilmington, and after studying similar earlier devices, he developed, installed, and patented a number of grain-handling machines. These inventions included an elevator, a... Read more |
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John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill 1806-73, British philosopher and economist. A precocious child, he was educated privately by his father, James Mill. In 1823, abandoning the study of law, he became a clerk in the East India company, where he rose to become head of the examiner's office by the time of the company's... Read more |
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Florence Mills
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Mills College
Mills College at Oakland, Calif.; for women; est. 1852 as the Young Ladies' Seminary at Benicia, Calif., moved 1871, chartered as Mills College 1885. The first women's college in the Far West, it has programs in English literature and creative writing, foreign languages and cultures, fine arts,... Read more |
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