- Johnson, Emory Richard by Margaret Fleming
1864–1950, American economist, b. Waupun, Wis., Ph.D. Univ. Of Pennsylvannia, 1893. He joined the faculty of the Univ. Of Pennsylvania in 1893 and was dean of its Wharton School of Finance and Commerce from 1919 to 1933. He served on several government commissions as a transportation expert and wrote many books on the subject.
- Gresham, Walter Q. by Lucy Vaughn
... 1832–95) jurist, public official; born near Lanesville, Ind. A Civil War veteran and friend of Ulysses S. Grant, he served as federal district judge (1869–83), postmaster general (1883–84), and secretary of the treasury (1893–95). Having fallen out with the Republicans over tariff policy, he threw his support to the Democrats in 1892 and was ...
- Stephen Grover Cleveland by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born Mar. 18, 1837, in Caldwell, N. J.; died June 24, 1908, in Princeton, N. J. American statesman.Cleveland was trained as a lawyer. A member of the Democratic Party, he was president of the USA from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. During his administration the gold standard was restored (1893) and a protectionist tariff was adopted (1894). Cleveland’s government conducted a harsh ...
- Cleveland, Stephen Grover by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born Mar. 18, 1837, in Caldwell, N. J.; died June 24, 1908, in Princeton, N. J. American statesman.Cleveland was trained as a lawyer. A member of the Democratic Party, he was president of the USA from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. During his administration the gold standard was restored (1893) and a protectionist tariff was adopted (1894). Cleveland’s government conducted a harsh ...
- Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie, Baronin von by Makayla Owens
1830–1916, Austrian writer. She began writing lyrics and plays with small success, but in middle age achieved fame as a writer of Novellen. Her popular works, in the style of "poetic realism," include the novel Das Gemeindekind. (1887, tr. The Child of the Parish, 1893) and Komtesse Muschi. (1885, tr. The Two Countesses, 1893).BibliographySee also Seven Stories. (1986), and study by A. Bramkamp ...