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M. Emmet Walsh
Name at birth: Michael Emmet WalshM. Emmet Walsh was a remarkably busy movie character actor in the late 20th century. Walsh's best-known role may be that of Bryant, the cynical head cop who strong-…James M. Cain
Name at birth: James Mallahan CainJames M. Cain is one of the most famous of the hard-boiled fiction writers who came to prominence in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. His place in…Jean M. Auel
Name at birth: Jean Marie UntinenJean Auel is the author of the Earth's Children series of six novels, the first of which is The Clan of the Cave Bear, published in 1980. The books tell the epic…Forest M. Bird
Forest M. BirdBorn: 1921Birthplace: Stoughton, Mass Medical respirators—Bird developed the first highly reliable, low-cost mass-produced respirator in the world. His “Babybird ” respirator…M. Stephen Heilman
M. Stephen HeilmanBorn: 1933Birthplace: Tarentum, Pa. Implantable defibrillator—Heilman, Langer, Mower, and Mirowski: This team of doctors developed the implantable defibrillator, an…Edward M. House
Name at birth: Edward Mandell HouseEdward M. "Colonel" House was a wealthy Texan who advised President Woodrow Wilson during the peace treaty negotiations at the end of World War I. He was the…Remington, Frederic
(Encyclopedia) Remington, Frederic, 1861–1909, American painter, sculptor, illustrator, and writer, b. Canton, N.Y., studied at the Yale School of Fine Arts and the Art Students League. His subjects…Gould, Jay
(Encyclopedia) Gould, Jay, 1836–92, American speculator, b. Delaware co., N.Y. A country-store clerk and surveyor's assistant, he rose to control half the railroad mileage in the Southwest, New York…Sidney, Sir Philip
(Encyclopedia) Sidney or Sydney, Sir Philip, 1554–86, English author and courtier. He was one of the leading members of Queen Elizabeth's court and a model of Renaissance chivalry. He served in…Alfred A. Knopf Biography
Alfred A. Knopfbook publisherBorn: 9/12/1892Birthplace: New York City A premier book publisher who paid as much attention to the typestyle and materials of the books he published as to the…Trending
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