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Fildes, Sir Luke

(Encyclopedia) Fildes, Sir LukeFildes, Sir Lukefīldz [key], 1844–1927, English genre and portrait painter, b. Liverpool. He made drawings for the Graphic and other periodicals and illustrated Dickens…

1986 Tony Awards

PlayI'm Not RappaportMusicalThe Mystery of Edwin DroodReproduction—Play or MusicalSweet CharityActor—PlayJudd Hirsch, I'm Not RappaportActress—PlayLily Tomlin, The Search for Signs of…

mystery

(Encyclopedia) mystery or mystery story, literary genre in which the cause (or causes) of a mysterious happening, often a crime, is gradually revealed by the hero or heroine; this is accomplished…

Rupert Holmes

Rupert Holmes was born in England, where his father was serving in the U.S. military as a bandleader. After studying clarinet and composing, Holmes started playing bass in a rock band and writing…

Northumbria, kingdom of

(Encyclopedia) Northumbria, kingdom ofNorthumbria, kingdom ofnôrthŭmˈbrēˈə [key], one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England. It was originally composed of two independent kingdoms divided by the…

Edwin

(Encyclopedia) Edwin or EadwinEdwinboth: ĕdˈwĭn [key], 585?–632, king of Northumbria (616–32), The son and heir of Ælla, king of Deira, he was kept from his inheritance by Æthelfrith. Edwin sought…

Pentagon, the

(Encyclopedia) Pentagon, the, building accommodating the U.S. Dept. of Defense. Located in Arlington, Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., the Pentagon is a vast five-sided building…

Edwin Markham: The Invisible Bride

The Invisible BrideEdwin MarkhamThe low-voiced girls that go In gardens of the Lord, Like flowers of the field they grow In sisterly accord.Their whispering feet are white Along the leafy…

mysteries

(Encyclopedia) mysteries, in Greek and Roman religion, some important secret cults. The conventional religions of both Greeks and Romans were alike in consisting principally of propitiation and…

Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia) Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st earl ofBirkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st earl ofbûrˈkənhĕdˌ [key], 1872–1930, British statesman and jurist. He was called to the bar in 1899…