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Cary, Lucius

(Encyclopedia) Cary, Lucius: see Falkland, Lucius Cary, 2d Viscount.

Cary, Joyce

(Encyclopedia) Cary, Joyce (Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary), 1888–1957, English author. From 1910 to 1920 he served as an administrator and soldier in Nigeria. Several of his early works, including Mister…

Joffe, Abram

(Encyclopedia) Joffe, AbramJoffe, Abraməbrämˈ yôˈfyə [key], 1880–1960, Soviet scientist, b. Ukraine, grad. St. Petersburg Technological Institute, 1902. From 1902 to 1906 he worked in Munich as an…

Cary, William Sterling

(Encyclopedia) Cary, William Sterling, 1927-2021, American religious leader, b. Plainfield, N.J., Morehouse College (B.A., 1949), Union…

Abram

(Encyclopedia) Abram: see Abraham.

Jewett, Sarah Orne

(Encyclopedia) Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849–1909, American novelist and short-story writer, b. South Berwick, Maine. Her studies of small-town New England life are perceptive, sympathetic, and gently…

Grant, Cary

(Encyclopedia) Grant, Cary, 1904–86, British movie actor, b. Bristol as Archibald Alexander Leach. He began on stage in 1923 and made his first film in 1932. An almost immediate hit, Grant was a…

Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary

(Encyclopedia) Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot CaryAgassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Caryăgˈəsē [key], 1822–1907, American author and educator, b. Boston. In 1850 she married Louis Agassiz, and together they…

Falkland, Lucius Cary, 2d Viscount

(Encyclopedia) Falkland, Lucius Cary, 2d ViscountFalkland, Lucius Cary, 2d Viscountfôkˈlənd [key], 1610?–1643, English statesman and literary figure. He entered Parliament in 1640, where he opposed…

J.J. Abrams

Name at birth: Jeffrey Jacob AbramsJ.J. Abrams is a television producer and filmmaker whose mighty list of credits includes the TV series Felicity, Alias and Lost, and the feature films Cloverfield,…