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Groves, Leslie R. (Leslie Richard), 1896-1970
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Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. (17 August 1896 – 13 July 1970) was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II. The son of a U.S. Army chaplain, Groves lived at various Army posts during his childhood. In 1918, he graduated fourth in his class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and was commissioned into the ...
Perón, Juan Domingo, 1895-1974
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President of Argentina, 1946-1955. From the description of Juan Domingo Perón papers, 1931-2002. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872368 Biographical Note 1895 Born, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina 1911 1937 Enters military school, and ...
Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951
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Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965
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Baruch, a financier and public adviser, was a millionaire by the age of thirty thanks to his investments in the stock market. He put his wealth to use in politics and public affairs and became an adviser to Woodrow Wilson, who appointed him chairman of the War Industries Board and a member of the president's war council. After World War I, he took part in the postwar peace conference and later became an adviser to President Roosevelt on defense matters and industrial preparedness for war. After ...
Lie, Trygve, 1896-1968
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Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich, 1890-1986
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Bevin, Ernest, 1881-1951
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Bevin was a British labor leader and politician. He served as the British Minister of Labour (1940-1945) and as Foreign Secretary (1945-1951). Rosita Forbes (1893?-1967) was the consumate traveler in and writer on north Africa, the Middle East and western Asia. From the description of [Letter] 1945 Nov. 27, Foreign Office, S.W. 1 [to] Rosita Forbes / Ernest Bevin. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 166268415 1892-1894 farm labourer, Chaffcombe farm, then Beers...
Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972
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James F. Byrnes was born on May 2, 1882, in Charleston, South Carolina, to Elizabeth McSweeney and James Byrnes. On May 2, 1906, he married Maude Busch, who was born in Aiken, SC, on October 22, 1883. Byrnes was elected Court Solicitor of the Second District in 1908; U.S. Congressman from 1911-1925; U.S. Senator from 1931-1941. He was appointed to serve as a Justice of U.S. Supreme Court 1941-1942. He also served as Director of the Office of Economic Stabilization, 1942; Director of the Office o...
