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Sillanpää, Frans Eemil
(Encyclopedia) Sillanpää, Frans EemilSillanpää, Frans Eemilfräns āˈmĭl sĭlˈlänpăˌ [key], 1888–1964, Finnish novelist. As a young man Sillanpää studied natural science at Helsinki and came under the…silo
(Encyclopedia) silo, watertight and airtight structure for making and storing silage. Silos vary in form from a covered pit, such as was used by the early Romans, to the modern storage tower, dating…Sologub, Feodor
(Encyclopedia) Sologub, FeodorSologub, Feodorfyôˈdər sələg&oomacr;pˈ [key], pseud. of Feodor Kuzmich Teternikov, 1863–1927, Russian poet and prose writer. By profession a schoolteacher and as a…Huntingdon, Selina Hastings, countess of
(Encyclopedia) Huntingdon, Selina Hastings, countess of, 1707–91, English religious leader, patron of the Calvinistic Methodists. She was closely associated with the Wesleys and George Whitefield.…academies of art
(Encyclopedia) academies of art, official organizations of established artists. Lorenzo de' Medici's informal circle of great artists and thinkers was modeled on similar groups formed in classical…Nasby, Petroleum V.
(Encyclopedia) Nasby, Petroleum V., pseud. of David Ross Locke, 1833–88, American journalist and satirist, b. Vestal, N.Y. Locke was editor of the Findlay, Ohio, Jeffersonian when he first became…Braga, Teófilo
(Encyclopedia) Braga, TeófiloBraga, Teófilotəôˈfəl&oobreve; bräˈgä [key], 1843–1924, Portuguese intellectual and political leader, b. Ponta Delgada in the Azores. At the Univ. of Coimbra he was a…timberline
(Encyclopedia) timberline, elevation above which trees cannot grow. Its location is influenced by the various factors that determine temperature, including latitude, prevailing wind directions, and…Watson, Doc
(Encyclopedia) Watson, Doc (Arthel Lane Watson), 1923–2012, American country-music singer and musician, b. Stony Fork, N.C. Blind from infancy, he learned to play the harmonica, banjo, and guitar in…Scandinavia
(Encyclopedia) ScandinaviaScandinaviaskănˌdĭnāˈvēə [key], region of N Europe. It consists of the kingdoms of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark; Finland and Iceland are usually considered part of…Trending
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