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Anne Fadiman
Anne Fadiman won the National Book Critics Circle Award for The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, her 1997 report on the medical and cultural struggles of an immigrant Hmong family living in…Seymour, Jane
(Encyclopedia) Seymour, Jane, 1509?–1537, third queen consort of Henry VIII of England. She served as a lady in waiting to both of Henry's first two queens, Katharine of Aragón and Anne Boleyn. Henry…Hutchinson, Anne
(Encyclopedia) Hutchinson, Anne, c.1591–1643, religious leader in New England, b. Anne Marbury in Lincolnshire, England. She emigrated (1634) with her husband and family to Massachusetts Bay, where…Couperus, Louis Marie Anne
(Encyclopedia) Couperus, Louis Marie AnneCouperus, Louis Marie Annelwē märēˈ än k&oomacr;pāˈr&oobreve;s [key], 1863–1923, Dutch novelist. In his early works he emphasized with graceful irony…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…Shaw, Richard Norman
(Encyclopedia) Shaw, Richard Norman, 1831–1912, English architect. Breaking away from contemporary Victorian house designs and returning to the Queen Anne and Georgian styles and to traditional…Sainte Anne de Beaupré
(Encyclopedia) Sainte Anne de BeaupréSainte Anne de BeauprésăNtănˈ də bōprāˈ, Fr. săNtănˈdə bōprāˈ [key], village (1991 pop. 3,146), S Que., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River and NE of Quebec. It is…Ormerod, Eleanor Anne
(Encyclopedia) Ormerod, Eleanor AnneOrmerod, Eleanor Anneôrˈmərŏd [key], 1828–1901, English economic entomologist. She aided the Royal Horticultural Society in forming a collection of insect farm…Tourville, Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, comte de
(Encyclopedia) Tourville, Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, comte deTourville, Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, comte deän ēläryôNˈ də kôtäNtăNˈ kôNt də t&oomacr;rvēlˈ [key], 1642–1701, French naval commander…Auray
(Encyclopedia) Auray Auray ôrāˈ [key], town , Morbihan dept., NW France, in Brittany, on the Auray River estuary. Oysters are bred, food is canned, and furniture is…Trending
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