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Cleveland, Frederick Albert
(Encyclopedia)Cleveland, Frederick Albert, 1865–1946, American economist, b. Sterling, Ill., studied at DePauw Univ. and at the Univ. of Chicago, Ph.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1900. He taught at the Univ. of Penns...Rolfe, Frederick William
(Encyclopedia)Rolfe, Frederick William, 1860–1913, English novelist, also known as Baron Corvo. After a vain attempt to become a priest, Rolfe earned a living painting and teaching before he began to write under ...Rupp, Adolph Frederick
(Encyclopedia)Rupp, Adolph Frederick, 1901–77, American college basketball coach, b. Halstead, Kans. He attended the Univ. of Kansas (grad. 1923), and began coaching at the Univ. of Kentucky in 1930, leading the ...Worth, Charles Frederick
(Encyclopedia)Worth, Charles Frederick, 1825–95, French and British fashion designer. He was the founder of the Maison Worth in Paris and London, the longest running fashion dynasty, and the arbiter of women's fa...Cavendish, Lord Frederick Charles
(Encyclopedia)Cavendish, Lord Frederick Charles: see Phoenix Park murders. ...Goderich, Frederick John Robinson, Viscount
(Encyclopedia)Goderich, Frederick John Robinson, Viscount: see Ripon, Frederick John Robinson, 1st earl of. ...Frederick III, king of Prussia
(Encyclopedia)Frederick III, king of Prussia: see Frederick III, 1831–88, emperor of Germany and king of Prussia. ...Church, Frederick Edwin
(Encyclopedia)Church, Frederick Edwin, 1826–1900, American landscape painter of the Hudson River school, b. Hartford, Conn., studied with Thomas Cole at Catskill, N.Y. He traveled and painted in North and South A...Robbins, Frederick Chapman
(Encyclopedia)Robbins, Frederick Chapman, 1916–2003, American physician, b. Auburn, Ala., grad. Univ. of Missouri, 1938, M.D. Harvard, 1940. He served on the staff of Children's Hospital, Boston, and at Harvard, ...Jackson, Frederick George
(Encyclopedia)Jackson, Frederick George, 1860–1938, British arctic explorer. He explored (1893–94) the tundra in arctic Russia and in Lapland, and he commanded (1894–97) the Jackson-Harmsworth expedition that...Browse by Subject
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