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Lee, Harper

(Encyclopedia) Lee, Harper (Nelle Harper Lee), 1926–2016, American novelist, b. Monroeville, Ala. A member of an old Southern family and related to Robert E. Lee, she was a lifelong friend of Truman…

Finch, Peter

actorBirthplace: Kensington, EnglandBorn: 1916Died: 1977

Atticus Finch

Atticus Finch is the exemplary lawyer and father from the 1960 Harper Lee novel To Kill A Mockingbird. Thanks to the successful film version of the book (1962), the character is strongly associated…

bullfinch

(Encyclopedia) bullfinch: see finch.

goldfinch

(Encyclopedia) goldfinch: see finch.

chaffinch

(Encyclopedia) chaffinch: see finch.

Finch, Heneage

(Encyclopedia) Finch, Heneage: see Nottingham, Heneage Finch, 1st earl of.

wild canary

(Encyclopedia) wild canary: see finch; warbler.

Winchilsea, Anne Finch, countess of

(Encyclopedia) Winchilsea, Anne Finch, countess ofWinchilsea, Anne Finch, countess ofwĭnˈchəlsē [key], 1661–1720, English poet. In 1684 she married Heneage Finch, who became (1712) 4th earl of…

Nottingham, Heneage Finch, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia) Nottingham, Heneage Finch, 1st earl ofNottingham, Heneage Finch, 1st earl ofhĕnˈĭj [key]Nottingham, Heneage Finch, 1st earl of, nŏtˈĭngəm [key], 1621–82, lord chancellor of England. He…