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  Achebe, Rousseau, Yourcenar, and more A-B | C | D-F | G-H | I-L | M-N | O-P | R-S | T-Z   Achebe, Chinua Adams, Henry Addison, Joseph Aesop Agee, James Agnon, S. Y. Alcott,…

Movies and Film: Surfing the "New Wave"

Surfing the "New Wave"Movies and FilmFrench Film HistoryIt's Art, Stupid!A Century of Cinematic SplendorBefore the WarSurfing the "New Wave"The Eighties and NinetiesTen Fabulous French Films The…

Brewer's: King

The Anglo-Saxon cyng, cyning, from cyn a nation or people, and the termination —ing, meaning “of,” as “son of,” “chief of,” etc. In Anglo-Saxon times the king was elected on the Witena-…

1908 Olympic Cycling Results

Event   Time 660 yards Track Victor Johnson, GBR     Emile Demangel, FRA     Karl Neumer, GER   100 km Track Charles Bartlett, GBR 2:41:48.6   Charles…

September 2009 Current Events: World News

U.S. News | Business/Science News Here are the key events in world news for the month of September 2009. Tribal Leaders Accuse Pres. Karzai of Vote Forgery (Sept. 1): The leaders of a southern…

Reuther, Walter Philip

(Encyclopedia) Reuther, Walter PhilipReuther, Walter Philipr&oomacr;ˈthər [key], 1907–70, American labor leader, b. Wheeling, W.Va. A tool- and diemaker, he became shop foreman in a Detroit…

1910 – 1919 World History

Albert Einstein (1879–1955)AIP Niels Bohr LibraryVladimir Lenin (1870–1924)Novosti PhotosWoodrow Wilson(1856–1924)The Library of Congress Picture Collection1910Boy Scouts of America…

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

(Encyclopedia) Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751–1816, English dramatist and politician, b. Dublin. His father, Thomas Sheridan, was an actor and teacher of elocution and his mother, Frances Sheridan…

Grey, Lady Jane

(Encyclopedia) Grey, Lady Jane, 1537–54, queen of England for nine days. She was the daughter of Henry Grey, marquess of Dorset (later duke of Suffolk), and Frances Brandon, daughter of Henry VIII's…