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Hiram Hiram
Hiram . 1 In the Bible, king of Tyre, c.969-936 BC, a friend of David and Solomon. Solomon and Hiram shared in trade with India and the Mediterranean, and Hiram sent much material for the Temple. 2 In First Kings, artisan in metals from Tyre, sent for by Solomon to work on the ornamentation of... Read more
Hiram Leong Fong Hiram Leong Fong
Hiram Leong Fong The son of immigrant plantation laborers, Hiram L. Fong (born 1907) became a self-made millionaire and the first person of Chinese descent to serve in the United States Congress. Hiram L. Fong capped a life spent blazing trails when he was sworn in as Hawaii's first United... Read more
Hiram Rhoades Revels Hiram Rhoades Revels
Hiram Rhoades Revels Hiram Rhoades Revels (1822-1901), African American clergyman and university administrator, was the first black American to sit in the U.S. Senate. Hiram Revels was born of free parents on Sept. 27, 1822, in Fayetteville, N.C. His early education was limited, since it was... Read more
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim 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
Hiram Paulding Hiram Paulding
Paulding, Hiram (1797–1878), naval officer, distinguished himself in the Battle of Lake Champlain, the Tripolitan War, and the arrest of William Walker (1857), which delighted the Nicaraguans but caused Buchanan to relieve Paul‐ding of his command. His Journal of a Cruise of the... Read more
Maxim Maxim
Maxim , name of a family of inventors and munition makers. Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, 1840-1916, was born near Sangerville, Maine. After launching on a career of inventing, he moved to England and there invented (1884) the Maxim machine gun. Among his numerous other inventions were a smokeless... Read more
Hiram Powers Hiram Powers
Hiram Powers 1805-73, American sculptor, b. Woodstock, Vt. Having moved to Ohio, he made wax models for a Cincinnati museum. In 1835 he began his career as a sculptor, spending some time in Washington, D.C., where he modeled several portrait busts, including one of President Jackson (Metropolitan... Read more
Battle of Kinsale Battle of Kinsale
Kinsale, battle of (24 Dec. 1601), the decisive battle of the Nine Years War. In September 1601 a Spanish expeditionary force disembarked at Kinsale but was quickly besieged by Mountjoy. The arrival of Hugh O'Neill and Red Hugh O'Donnell left the crown forces trapped and dying of disease between... Read more
bawn bawn
bawn, the fortified enclosure surrounding a castle or tower house, from Irish badhún, meaning a cattle fort. Square or rectangular with corner towers and protected gateways, bawns were a regular feature throughout medieval Ireland. They are also associated with the Ulster plantation, where... Read more
James Rudolph Garfield James Rudolph Garfield
James Rudolph Garfield 1865-1950, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1907-9), b. Hiram, Ohio; son of President James A. Garfield. After being admitted to the Ohio bar in 1888, he became a lawyer in Cleveland. He was a member of the U.S. Civil Service Commission (1902-3) and commissioner of... Read more

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Newspaper article from: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL ...Grayslake. The 9-pound, 5-ounce baby...2002. The 6-pound, 12-ounce baby is the first child of Scot and Wendy Varness...of Bloomington and Hiram and Ruth Varness...Emily weighed 4 pounds, 11 ounces and shares...William weighed 5 ...
Western Pennsylvania district college football preview
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ...record 585 in a 62- 31 win over Hiram on Oct. 2. Five players have...straight, while the Fighting Scots have lost three straight following...Alfonso Hoggard. The Fighting Scots have struggled on offense all...Mellon: Sr. DB, 5-10, 185 pounds The success of ...
A passion for conflict
Newspaper article from: The Independent (London, England) ...Irregular Soldier Trevor RoyleWeidenfeld pounds 20 In the Twenties, gentlemen cadets...by an American war correspondent called Hiram B Blauveldt.) He was suffering from...men through pestiferous jungle with 60-pound packs on their backs. On his way home...and her parents, ...
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Magazine article from: Parnassus : Poetry in Review ...of any potable. You certainly felt his Scots-Irish Presbyterian reserve. Being in...Squire Sisyphus mode into his more garrulous Hiram Handspring persona. All one had to do...rocky meadow and sheep. Somewhere Ezra Pound says, "The humane man has amity with...
PORTLAND COLLECTS A WIN
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME) ...to defeat the Hawks (2-9) at South Hiram. Trailing 42-41 after three quarters...at Gorham. Phil Pinkham scored for the Scots and Dominic Reali added a goal for the...against Jon Carlson of Portland in the 275-pound weight class. Bonny Eagle won the meet...
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Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) ...nation's rock'n'roll heart. And hairy Scots Kassidy will prove a tough match for Nashville...century after its discovery by US explorer Hiram Bingham. Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia and...McLaren's MP4-12C and Aston Martin's pounds 1.2 million One-77 supercars roaring...

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