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Wilson, Sir Angus
(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Sir Angus, 1913–91, English novelist, b. South Africa. As a novelist, he attempted to delineate a society in which traditional values have lost their force and human…Bradley, Francis Herbert
(Encyclopedia) Bradley, Francis Herbert, 1846–1924, English philosopher. He was educated at Oxford, where he became a fellow of Merton College in 1876. His works include Ethical Studies (1876),…Barnes, Djuna
(Encyclopedia) Barnes, DjunaBarnes, Djunaj&oomacr;nˈə [key], 1892–1982, American author, b. Cornwall, N.Y. She is best known for her modernist novel Nightwood (1936), which, in its sense of…Grant, Cary
(Encyclopedia) Grant, Cary, 1904–86, British movie actor, b. Bristol as Archibald Alexander Leach. He began on stage in 1923 and made his first film in 1932. An almost immediate hit, Grant was a…Biographies: Selected Educators and Scholars
Selected Educators and Scholars Noam Chomsky See also Women Educators and Scholars African-American Scholars and Educators Hispanic-American Leaders and Activists People in…Douglas, Kirk
(Encyclopedia) Douglas, Kirk, 1916–2020, American film actor, b. Amsterdam, N.Y., as Issur Danielovitch, later Isadore Demsky. A leading man with a muscular physique and handsome cleft-chin face that…Brewer's: Eliott's Tailors
The 15th Hussars, now the 15th [King's] Hussars, previously called the 15th, or king's own royal light dragoon guards. In 1759 Lieutenant-Colonel Eliott enlisted a large number of tailors…Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
1917 Julia Ward Howe, Laura E. Richards and Maude Howe Elliott, assisted by Florence Howe Hall…Biographies: 2008 People in the News
2008 People in the News See also 2007 People in the News 2006 People in the News 2005 People in the News 2004 People in the News 2003 People…A Game of Chess
A Game of ChessThe Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne,[14]Glowed on the marble, where the glass Held up by standards wrought with fruited vines From which a golden Cupidon peeped out (…Trending
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