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Gentry, Bobbie

(Roberta Streeter) singerBirthplace: Chickasaw Co., Miss.Born: 7/27/44

Saltykov-Shchedrin, Mikhail Evgrafovich

(Encyclopedia) Saltykov-Shchedrin, Mikhail EvgrafovichSaltykov-Shchedrin, Mikhail Evgrafovichmēkhəyēlˈ yĭvgräˈfəvĭch sälˈtĭkôf-shchĕˈdrēn [key], 1826–89, Russian novelist and satirist. Saltykov-…

Brady Preston GENTRY, Congress, TX (1896-1966)

GENTRY Brady Preston , a Representative from Texas; born in Colfax, Van Zandt County, Tex., March 25, 1896; attended the public schools and East Texas State College, Commerce, Tex.; graduated…

Herczeg, Ferenc

(Encyclopedia) Herczeg, FerencHerczeg, Ferencfĕˈrĕnts hĕrˈtsĕg [key], 1863–1954, Hungarian writer. Herczeg wrote popular romantic farces as well as historical and social novels, plays, and stories,…

Stubbs, George

(Encyclopedia) Stubbs, George, 1724–1806, English painter known for his studies of horses. Self-taught, Stubbs was interested in comparative anatomy and published his Anatomy of the Horse (1766),…

Babington, Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Babington, AnthonyBabington, Anthonybăbˈĭngtən [key], 1561–86, English conspirator. A member of the Roman Catholic gentry, he served as a youth in the household of the earl of…

justice of the peace

(Encyclopedia) justice of the peace, official presiding over a type of police court. In some states of the United States the justices, who are usually elected, have jurisdiction over petty civil and…

Tom Gentry 1998 Deaths

Tom GentryAge: 67 offshore speedboat racer who set several world records before a crash at the 1994 Key West World Offshore Championship left him hospitalized and in a coma; just a month…

Brewer's: Light-fingered Gentry

(The). Pick-pockets and shop-lifters. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Light Gains make a heavy PurseLight as a Feather A B C D E F G H I J K L M…