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Foster, Hannah Webster
(Encyclopedia) Foster, Hannah Webster, 1759–1840, American novelist, b. Boston. She was one of the earliest American novelists and her epistolary novel, The Coquette (1797), was one of the first of…Greenfield Village
(Encyclopedia) Greenfield Village, reproduction of an early American village, est. 1933 by Henry Ford at Dearborn, Mich., as part of the Edison Institute. A white-spired church, a town hall, an inn,…Hannah
(Encyclopedia) Hannah, in the Bible, Samuel's mother. Her song is recalled in the Magnificat. The names Anna and Ann are variants of Hannah.Glasse, Hannah
(Encyclopedia) Glasse, HannahGlasse, Hannahglăs, gläs [key], fl. 1747, writer of a popular English cookbook, Art of Cookery (1747). She is also credited with writing The Compleat Confectioner and The…Anna, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia) AnnaAnnaănˈə [key], [Gr.,=Heb. Hannah], in the Bible. 1 Aged prophetess who hailed Jesus' presentation at the Temple. 2 In the Book of Tobit, the mother of young Tobias.Arendt, Hannah
(Encyclopedia) Arendt, HannahArendt, Hannahhänˈä ärˈənt [key], 1906–75, German-American political theorist, b. Hanover, Germany, B.A. Königsberg, 1924, Ph.D. Heidelberg, 1928. In 1925 she met Martin…Webster Groves
(Encyclopedia) Webster Groves, city (1990 pop. 22,987), St. Louis co., E Mo., a residential suburb of St. Louis; inc. 1896. There is diverse light manufacturing, including optical instruments.…Webster, Margaret
(Encyclopedia) Webster, Margaret, 1905–72, American actress, producer, and director, b. New York City; daughter of Ben Webster and Dame May Whitty. Webster made her formal acting debut in 1924. After…Webster, Daniel
(Encyclopedia) Webster, Daniel, 1782–1852, American statesman, lawyer, and orator, b. Salisbury (now in Franklin), N.H. As a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1827–41), he became a leading political…Webster, Noah
(Encyclopedia) Webster, Noah, 1758–1843, American lexicographer and philologist, b. West Hartford, Conn., grad. Yale, 1778. After serving in the American Revolution, Webster practiced law in Hartford…Trending
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