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Claude Robert Cloninger (born April 4, 1944) is an American psychiatrist and geneticist noted for his research on the biological, psychological, social, and spiritual foundation of both mental health and mental illness.
The Cavendish Club was a prestigious contract bridge club founded in 1925 by Wilbur Whitehead in association with Gratz M. Scott and Edwin A. Wetzlar. Initially located at the Mayfair House (65th and Park Avenue) in New York City, it relocated several times [1] with a final address in a townhouse on 73rd.
The following list of Carnegie libraries in New York provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in New York, where 107 public libraries were built from 42 grants (totaling $6,416,821) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 3 institutions (totaling ...
Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890-1917. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York. OCLC 2603611. Dierickx, Mary B. (1996). The Architecture of Literacy: The Carnegie Libraries of New York City. New York: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and the New York City Dept. of General Services. ISBN 1-56256-717-9.
Spingler Institute, Union Square, 19th century Advertisement for Helen Williams' Circulating Library and Fancy Store, no.304 Bowery, 1840 Rutgers Female Institute, Madison St., 1843 Merchants Exchange, reading-room, c. 1863 Mercantile Library, Clinton Hall, Astor Place, 19th century Portrait of Ellen M. Coe, chief librarian, NY Free Circulating ...
Theodore Alexander "Teddy" Lightner (14 September 1893 – c. 22 November 1981) [1] [2] [3] was an American bridge player. He developed the Lightner double, a bridge bidding convention. [4] Lightner was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, and moved to Chicago and later to New York City.
Alan M. Sontag (born May 2, 1946) [1] is an American professional bridge player. He won six world championships, including two Bermuda Bowl wins. Sontag is also known for his book The Bridge Bum, a book "on everybody's list of the top ten bridge books ever written."
He was a bridge expert when he graduated from City College of New York in 1933, and was then "immediately hired by Ely Culbertson". [3] He soon became well known as a bridge writer and editor. He started work as an editor for Culbertson's monthly magazine The Bridge World from 1934 to 1963 [ 1 ] as technical editor, then managing editor, and ...