community
Overview page. Subjects: Social Sciences — Arts and Humanities.
Many sociological and anthropological definitions exist, but most tend to privilege some combination of small-scale, relative boundedness, strong affective ties, traditionalism, and...
Cochran, John
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Medicine and Health; Political Institutions; Public Administration. 1182 words.
Cochran, John (01 September 1730–16 April 1807), physician and hospital director, was born in the area of Sadsbury (now Cochranville), Chester County, Pennsylvania, the son of Ulster...
Pinn, Petra Fitzalieu
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Political Institutions; Public Administration; Nursing Studies. 1025 words.
Pinn, Petra Fitzalieu (09 February 1881–21 February 1958), nursing administrator, was born in Zanesville, Ohio, the daughter of William H. Pinn and Lizzie Hicks. She attended the John...