Stevens

(stēvənz)

  1. Stevens, John Paul 1920-; associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court (1975-)
  2. Stevens, Thaddeus 1792-1868; U.S. statesman & abolitionist
  3. Stevens, Wallace 1879-1955; U.S. poet

See Stevens in American Heritage Dictionary 4

American filmmaker who directed A Place in the Sun (1951), Giant (1956), and numerous other motion pictures.

, John Paul Born 1920.

American jurist who was appointed an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1975.

, Nettie Marie 1861-1912.

American cytogeneticist whose studies on the chromosomes of the common mealworm led to the discovery of the chromosomal determination of sex.

, Thaddeus 1792-1868.

American politician. A U.S. representative from Pennsylvania (1849-1853 and 1859-1868), he led the impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson (1868).

, Wallace 1879-1955.

American poet whose artful and innovative works, including “Peter Quince at the Clavier” and “Sunday Morning” (both 1923), concern the role of imagination in bringing order to a chaotic world.
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