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Radcliffe, Ann (Ward)

(Encyclopedia) Radcliffe, Ann (Ward), 1764–1823, English novelist, b. London. The daughter of a successful tradesman, she married William Radcliffe, a law student who later became editor of the…

Maturin, Charles Robert

(Encyclopedia) Maturin, Charles RobertMaturin, Charles Robertmătˈy&oobreve;rĭn [key], 1782–1824, Irish author. A minister by vocation, he wrote novels in the manner of the Gothic horror tale of…

Keller, Helen Adams

(Encyclopedia) Keller, Helen Adams, 1880–1968, American author and lecturer, blind and deaf from an undiagnosed illness at the age of two, b. Tuscumbia, Ala. In 1887 she was put under the charge of…

Lewis, Matthew Gregory

(Encyclopedia) Lewis, Matthew Gregory, 1775–1818, English author, b. London. In addition to his writing he pursued a diplomatic career and served for a time in Parliament. He was often called “Monk”…

Gothic romance

(Encyclopedia) Gothic romance, type of novel that flourished in the late 18th and early 19th cent. in England. Gothic romances were mysteries, often involving the supernatural and heavily tinged with…

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe is the actor who starred as boy wizard Harry Potter in the 2001 film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and its many sequels. The series of films, based on the popular novels…

Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald

(Encyclopedia) Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald, 1881–1955, British anthropologist. He did fieldwork in the Andaman Islands and in Australia. Radcliffe-Brown fostered the development of social…

Radcliffe

(Encyclopedia) Radcliffe, town (1991 pop. 27,664), Bury metropolitan district, N England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Industries include cotton and rayon mills and chemical,…

Brewer's: Radcliffe Library

(Oxford). Founded by Dr. John Radcliffe, of Wakefield, Yorkshire. (1650-1714.) “When King William [III] consulted [Radcliffe] on his swollen apkles and thin body, Radcliffe said, `I would…

Rutledge, Ann

(Encyclopedia) Rutledge, Ann, 1813?–1835, American historical figure, alleged fiancée of Abraham Lincoln. Her father kept the inn at New Salem, Ill., where Lincoln lived from 1831 to 1837. Ann's…