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Baroja y Nessi, Pío
(Encyclopedia) Baroja y Nessi, PíoBaroja y Nessi, Píopēˈō bärōˈhä ē nāsˈsē [key], 1879–1956, Spanish novelist from the Basque Country, member of the group of writers known as the Generation of '98.…Fowles, John
(Encyclopedia) Fowles, John, 1926–2005, English writer, b. Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, grad. Oxford, 1950. A complex, cerebral writer and a superb storyteller, Fowles was interested in manipulating the…Guercino
(Encyclopedia) GuercinoGuercinogwĕrchēˈnō [key], 1591–1666, Italian painter whose original name was Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, b. near Bologna. He studied with Ludovico Carracci. Extremely skillful…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Dedication, to Leigh Hunt, Esq.
by Percy Bysshe Shelley PrefaceDedication, to Leigh Hunt, Esq. My dear friend- I inscribe with your name, from a distant country, and after an absence whose months have seemed years,…Benjamin Watkins LEIGH, Congress, VA (1781-1849)
Senate Years of Service: 1834-1836 Party: Anti-Jacksonian; Whig LEIGH Benjamin Watkins , a Senator from Virginia; born in Chesterfield County, Va., on June 18, 1781; studied under private tutors…William Leigh BRENT, Congress, LA (1784-1848)
BRENT William Leigh , a Representative from Louisiana; born at Port Tobacco, Charles County, Md., February 20, 1784; studied law and was admitted to the bar; moved to Louisiana about 1809 and…giant African land snail
(Encyclopedia) giant African land snail, any of several species of large terrestrial snails of tropical Africa that have become agricultural pests in other regions of the world. The species include…Keats, John
(Encyclopedia) Keats, John, 1795–1821, English poet, b. London. He is considered one of the greatest of English poets. The son of a livery stable keeper, Keats attended school at Enfield, where he…Fonteyn, Dame Margot
(Encyclopedia) Fonteyn, Dame MargotFonteyn, Dame Margotfŏntānˈ [key], 1919–91, English ballerina. Fonteyn was for many years prima ballerina assoluta of the Royal Ballet. Her original name was…Farmer, Paul
(Encyclopedia) Farmer, Paul (Paul Edward Farmer), 1959–2022; American infectious disease doctor and medical anthropologist, b. North Adams, Mass., M.D…Trending
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