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John Wilbur John Wilbur
John Wilbur 1774-1856, American Quaker leader, b. Hopkinton, R.I. He became the leader of the opposition to the evangelical principles of J. J. Gurney and Elias Hicks, and his expulsion (1843) by the Quakers resulted in the formation of the new New England Yearly Meeting. His followers were called... Read more
Daniel Shays Daniel Shays
Daniel Shays , c.1747-1825, American soldier and insurrectionist, b. probably in Hopkinton, Mass. A farmer from W Massachusetts, he fought the British in the American Revolution and was made a captain of the 5th Massachusetts Regiment in 1777. After the war he settled at Pelham, Mass., and became a... Read more
Stephen Harriman Long Stephen Harriman Long
Stephen Harriman Long 1784-1864, American explorer, b. Hopkinton, N.H. As an army engineer, Long was sent on several exploring and surveying expeditions. The first in 1817 was to the region of the upper Mississippi and the Fox-Wisconsin portage; it is recorded in his Voyage in a Six-oared Skiff to... Read more
EMC Corp EMC Corp
EMC Corporation 171 South StreetHopkinton, Massachusetts 01748-9103U.S.A.Telephone: (508) 435-1000Toll Free: (877) 362-6973Fax: (508) 497-6961Web site: http://www.emc.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1979Employees: 19,000Sales: $8.87 billion (2000)Stock Exchanges: New YorkTicker Symbol:... Read more
Robert Anderson Robert Anderson
Robert Anderson 1805-71, American army officer, defender of Fort Sumter , b. near Louisville, Ky., grad. West Point, 1825. He fought in the Black Hawk, Seminole, and Mexican wars and was promoted to major in 1857. In Nov., 1860, he took command of the U.S. force in the harbor of Charleston, S.C.,... Read more
Mavis Gallant Mavis Gallant
Mavis Gallant (Mavis Leslie Gallant) , 1922-, Canadian writer, b. Montreal. A newspaper reporter in Canada (1944-50), she moved to Europe in 1950 and ultimately settled in Paris, where she has continued to live. She is acclaimed for her mastery of the short story and first published work appeared... Read more
Nell Carter Nell Carter
Nell Carter 1948–2003 Singer, actor, performer At a Glance… Selected works Sources Popular actress and singer Nell Carter was best known for her Emmy award-nominated role as the sassy housekeeper on the 1980s television sitcom, Gimme a Break. She originally made her name on the... Read more
Rudolf Friml Rudolf Friml
Rudolf Friml (Charles Rudolf Friml) , 1879-1972, American composer, b. Prague. Friml lived in the United States after 1906. The best-known of his 33 light operas are The Firefly (1912), Rose Marie (1924), and The Vagabond King (1925). Friml's operettas generally concerned gallants and... Read more
William Moultrie William Moultrie
William Moultrie , 1730-1805, American Revolutionary general, b. Charleston, S.C. He had fought against the Native Americans (1761) and served in the colonial assembly before the advent of the American Revolution. In the war his gallant defense of a small fort on Sullivans Island (later named Fort... Read more
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright 1883-1953, American general, b. Walla Walla, Wash. Commissioned in the army in 1906, he reached the rank of brigadier general in 1938. In World War II he was stationed in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked in Dec., 1941. Wainwright took command after Gen. Douglas... Read more

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