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Byatt, A. S.

(Encyclopedia) Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan Byatt)Byatt, A. S.bīˈət [key], 1936–, British novelist; sister of Margaret Drabble. Educated at Cambridge, Bryn Mawr College, Pa., and Oxford, she is a…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 5, 1804

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 4, 1804June 6, 1804June 5, 1804 June 5th Tuesday, Jurked the Vennison Killed yesterday, after Seting over the Scouting Party or hunder of 3…

United Mine Workers of America

(Encyclopedia) United Mine Workers of America (UMW), international labor union formed (1890) by the amalgamation of the National Progressive Union (organized 1888) and the mine locals under the…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: April 22, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark April 21, 1806April 23, 1806April 22, 1806 Tuesday April 22cd 1806. Last night two of our horses broke loos from the picquits and straggled off…

Johnson, Philip Cortelyou

(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Philip Cortelyou, 1906–2005, American architect, museum curator, and historian, b. Cleveland, grad. Harvard Univ. (B.A., 1927). One of the first Americans to study modern…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: April 6, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark April 5, 1806April 7, 1806April 6, 1806 Sunday April 6th 1806. This morning we had the dryed meat secured in skins and the canoes loaded; we took…

Spender, Sir Stephen

(Encyclopedia) Spender, Sir Stephen, 1909–95, English poet and critic, b. London. His early poetry—like that of W. H. Auden, C. Day Lewis, and Louis MacNeice, with whom he became associated at Oxford…