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John Knowles Biography
John KnowlesnovelistBorn: 9/16/1926Birthplace: Fairmont, West Virginia novelist who wrote the coming-of-age classic A Separate Peace (1960), which was based on his experiences as a student at…John Knowles 2001 Deaths
John KnowlesAge: 75 novelist who wrote the coming-of-age classic A Separate Peace (1960), which was based on his experiences as a student at Phillips Exeter Academy. His other books include…Knowles, John
(Encyclopedia) Knowles, John, 1926–2001, American writer, b. Fairmont, W. Va., grad. Yale, 1949. He is best known for his semiautobiographical first novel, A Separate Peace (1960), a coming-of-age…Paine, John Knowles
(Encyclopedia) Paine, John Knowles, 1839–1906, American composer, organist, and educator, b. Portland, Maine, studied in Berlin. In 1862 he began to teach music at Harvard and held (from 1875) the…Knowles, James Sheridan
(Encyclopedia) Knowles, James SheridanKnowles, James Sheridannōlz [key], 1784–1862, Anglo-Irish dramatist; cousin of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Although he was one of the leading playwrights of his…Knowles, William Standish
(Encyclopedia) Knowles, William Standish, 1917–2012, American chemist, b. Taunton, Mass., Ph.D. Columbia, 1942. He was a research chemist at the Monsanto Company for his entire career (1942–86).…Knowles, Frederick Lawrence
Knowles, Frederick Lawrence[1869-1905](2)Born at Lawrence, Massachusetts, September 8, 1869, and graduated at Wesleyan University in 1894 and Harvard University in 1896. He was connected for…Noyori, Ryoji
(Encyclopedia) Noyori, Ryoji, 1938–, Japanese chemist, D.Eng. Kyoto Univ., 1967. Noyori was an instructor at Kyoto Univ. from 1963 to 1968. He then joined the faculty at Nagoya Univ., where he is a…Frederic Lawrence Knowles: Love Triumphant
Love TriumphantFrederic Lawrence KnowlesHelen's lips are drifting dust; Ilion is consumed with rust; All the galleons of Greece Drink the ocean's dreamless peace; Lost was Solomon's purple…Hannelore Kohl 2001 Deaths
Hannelore KohlAge: 68 wife of former German chancellor Helmut Kohl. She committed suicide after a long bout with a severe, untreatable allergy to sunlight.Died: Ludwigshafen, Germany, July 6…