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Kent, county, England
(Encyclopedia) Kent, county (1991 pop. 1,485,600), 1,525 sq mi (3,950 sq km), SE England. It lies between the Thames estuary and the Strait of Dover. The county town is Maidstone, and the county is…Ambrose, Saint
(Encyclopedia) Ambrose, SaintAmbrose, Saintămˈbrōz [key], 340?–397, bishop of Milan, Doctor of the Church, b. Trier, of Christian parents. Educated at Rome, he became (c.372) governor of Liguria and…Franklin, John Hope
(Encyclopedia) Franklin, John Hope, 1915–2009, the dean of 20th-century African-American historians, b. Rentiesville, Okla., grad. Fisk Univ. (A.B., 1935), Harvard (M.A., 1936; Ph.D., 1941). Franklin…Botticelli, Sandro
(Encyclopedia) Botticelli, SandroBotticelli, Sandrosänˈdrō bôtˌtĭchĕlˈlē [key], c.1444–1510, Florentine painter of the Renaissance, whose real name was Alessandro di Mariano FilipepiBotticelli,…Martin Luther
Without quite intending to, Martin Luther changed the course of Christianity and Western history. His 1517 complaint against specific abuses in the Roman Catholic church -- a document now known as…John Donne: Expostulation VII. Socios sibi jungier instat
ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, thy blessed servant Augustine begged of thee that Moses might come and tell him what he meant by some places of Genesis: may I have leave to ask of…The Little Book of Modern Verse: Appendix B. Notes to the text:
Appendix B. Notes to the text:Three different printings were used for comparison, all three of which were apparently from the same plates. The punctuation in particular was poorly printed,…Clement Sidney HILL, Congress, KY (1813-1892)
HILL Clement Sidney , a Representative from Kentucky; born near Lebanon, Marion County, Ky., February 13, 1813; pursued academic studies; attended St. Mary's College, St. Mary, Ky.; studied law…James Joyce
Name at birth: James Augustine Aloysius JoyceJoyce was to modern literature what Picasso was to modern art: he scrambled up the old formulas and set the table for the 20th century. Joyce's books…1997 Medal of Technology Recipients
Norman R. Augustine, Chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp. in Bethesda, Md., for visionary leadership in maintaining the United States' preeminence in the aerospace industry, and for…Trending
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