Brearly (Brearley) was descended from a Yorkshire, England, family, one of whose members migrated to New Jersey around 1680. Signer Brearly was born in 1745 at Spring Grove near Trenton, was reared in the area, and attended but did not...

A concise biography of President John Adams featuring his professional career. Sections highlight the era, domestic policy, foreign affairs, and his presidential politics.

A brief biography of the professional career of President James Madison. Discover details about the era during his presidency, domestic policy, foreign affairs, and presidential politics.

A brief biography highlighting the professional career of President James Monroe. Find details regarding the era of his term, his domestic policies, foreign affairs, and his presidential politics.

A profile of Abraham Lincoln's life leading up to and during his professional career as President of the United States during the Civil War.

This companion to the PBS series surveys the career of the longest-serving president in U.S. history and leader through the Great Depression and World War II.

Read an essay outlining Michael Bennett's Broadway career and highlighting the success of "A Chorus Line". Very detailed. Includes photos of the original cast.

Gives a career profile of Mr. Lee Margolis, a process engineer for Dupont, located in Seaford, Delaware. This site contains an interview transcript covering his job responsibilities, professional development, and advice to rising...

Read about Hillary Rodham Clinton's life and political career before she became First Lady of the White House.

So you want to be a Marine Scientist? Learn about the Marine Science field and the career planning process.

The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan offers a biographical account of the life and career of Canadian artist Doug Morton, who was one of the Regina Five group that was known for their development of abstract art in Canada.

Murray Gell-Mann is a theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1969 for his contributions to elementary particle physics. He is particularly well known for his role in bringing organization into the world of subatomic...

For a man whose career involved the entire known universe, John Kraus had a remarkably insular upbringing. He was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and earned his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in physics, all at the...

In a career that lasted seven decades, Max Planck achieved an enduring legacy with groundbreaking discoveries involving the relationship between heat and energy, but he is most remembered as the founder of the "quantum theory."

PBS presents biographical information and a career timeline on one of America's greatest producers and Academy Award winner, Sam Goldwyn.

This site from ICANN provides a brief biography of Esther Dyson, current chairman of EDventure Holdings. The biography follows her career track from University through the present day.

This timeline and biography of Hitchcock's career focuses on much of his stormy relationship with David O. Selznick.

Describes the political career of John Usher, once the Secretary of the Interior under President Abraham Lincoln. Interesting historic photographs accompany the information.

The National Academy of Engineering promotes engineering as a career, especially to women and girls. Answer questions you have about becoming an engineer and about being an engineer.

This online Katherine Dunham Collection presentation makes available a selection of photographs; film and videotape excerpts from Dunham's research and performing career; and selections from the Library's Dunham Legacy Project that...

Learn about the life and career of John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), the son of a president, who also served in that office as the 6th President of the United States (1825-1829).

Columnist Charles Brewster rambled about many topics over the course of his career. Discover the original New Hampshire settlement, Pannaway. This settlement was established by the Odiorne family in the 1660's.

Read about the famous sportswriter for kids in his own words at this site. While Matt Christopher died in 1997, new editions of his books are still being published and his son, Dale, does speaking appearances about his father's life and...

Learn about the personal life and career of Oklahoma senator Thomas Gore. Includes a discussion of his blindness and involvement in the Populist movement.