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Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

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Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956), was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Mencken, known as the "Sage of Baltimore", is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Mencken worked as a reporter and drama critic for the Baltimore Morning Herald from 1899 to 1906. From 190...

Lancaster, Henry Carrington, 1882-1954

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Biographical Note: Henry Carrington Lancaster was Professor of French Literature, The Johns Hopkins University. He was born in 1882 in Richmond, VA and studied at the University of Virginia, later receiving his Ph. D. from Hopkins in 1907. Lancaster taught at Amherst before returning to Hopkins as Professor of French Literature in 1919 and was later appointed chairman of the Romance Languages Department. Because of his studies of French drama, literature, and history, La...

Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950

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Bowman became President of the Johns Hopkins University in 1935 and retired in 1948. During World War II Bowman served on the Policy Committee of the State Department and as Special Advisor to the Secretary of State. After retirement from JHU, he served as Chairman of the Economic Cooperation Administration's Committee on Overseas Territories. Isaiah Bowman (1878-1950) was a political geographer, advisor to the U.S. State Dept. and president of the Johns Hopkins Universi...

Robles Pazos, José 1898-1936

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Jose Robles Pazos (d. 1937) was a professor of Spanish at the Johns Hopkins University (1920-36), returned to Spain in 1936, and was shot as a traitor to the Spanish Republican Government. Jose Robles Pazos was born in Spain and educated in Madrid. In 1920 he came to The Johns Hopkins University as Instructor in Spanish. He became Associate Professor in 1922. In June, 1936, Robles and his family left for a vacation in Spain. When the Spanish Civil War broke out, Robles e...

Welles, Sumner, 1892-1961

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Benjamin Sumner Welles (1892-1961) graduated from Harvard University in 1914 and began his diplomatic career in 1915 as Secretary of the United States Embassy in Tokyo. From 1917 to 1919 he served in a similar post in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was Assistant Chief of the Latin American Affairs Division of the Department of State from 1920 to 1921, and Chief of the Division from 1921 to 1922. From 1922 to 1925, he was Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to the Dominican Republic, an...

Ames, Joseph Sweetman, 1864-1943

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Biographical Note: Joseph Sweetman Ames (1864-1943) was a physicist, professor (1891-1926) and president (1929-1935) of The Johns Hopkins University, and chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Ames took his B.A. and Ph. D. (1890) degrees from Hopkins. In 1886-87 he studied with Helmholtz at the University of Berlin. Returning to Hopkins Ames studied spectroscopy with Henry Rowland and succeeded Rowland as director of the Physical Laboratory in 1901....

Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970

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American novelist. From the description of One Man's Initiation, 1917, 1968-1969. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63937079 American author, From the description of State of the nation [manuscript], 1944. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647807708 American author. From the description of Screenplay by John Dos Passos [manuscript], 1934 October 15. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647830975 F...

Williams, Ralph C. (Ralph Chester), 1888-

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Ralph C. Williams, 1888-1984, served in the United States Public Health Service from 1917 to his retirement in 1952. Alabama-born and medically educated at the University of Alabama, Williams worked primarily in epidemiology with the Farm Security Administration until 1935. Afterwards he rose to the rank of chief of the Bureau of Medical Services. In 1951 Dr. Williams published "The United States Public Health Service, 1798-1950." In 1952 he assumed duties as an administrator and research coordi...

Coindreau, Maurice-Edgar

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Maurice Edgar Coindreau was a French author and translator, best known for his translations of key American novels into French. Born in La Roche-sur-Yon, France, he taught in Madrid before taking a position at Princeton, where he taught from 1922-1961. He translated both English and Spanish works into French, but is best known for his translations of major American authors, such as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and John Steinbeck, among many others. His translations helped popularize Ameri...