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Martineau, James

(Encyclopedia) Martineau, James, 1805–1900, English philosopher and Unitarian clergyman; brother of Harriet Martineau. He strongly upheld the theist position against the negations of physical science…

Monroe, Harriet

(Encyclopedia) Monroe, Harriet, 1860–1936, American editor, critic, and poet, b. Chicago. In 1912 she founded Poetry: a Magazine of Verse, which paid and encouraged both established and new poets.…

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

(Encyclopedia) Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860–1935, American feminist and reformer, b. Hartford, Conn.; great-granddaughter of Lyman Beecher. Prominent as a lecturer and writer on the labor movement…

Philemon BEECHER, Congress, OH (1775-1839)

BEECHER Philemon , a Representative from Ohio; born in Kent, Litchfield County, Conn., in 1775; received a classical education; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; moved to…

Brown, Capability

(Encyclopedia) Brown, Capability (Lancelot Brown), 1715–83, English landscape gardener, b. Kirkharle, Northumberland. The leading landscape gardener of his time, he is known for designing gardens…

Peekskill

(Encyclopedia) Peekskill, city (1990 pop. 19,536), Westchester co., SE N.Y., on the Hudson River; settled 1665, inc. as a village 1816, as a city 1940. Clothing, leather goods, lighting fixtures, and…

Harriet Monroe: April — North Carolina

April — North CarolinaHarriet MonroeWould you not be in Tryon Now that the spring is here, When mocking-birds are praising The fresh, the blossomy year?Look — on the leafy carpet Woven of…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: To Harriet *****

by Percy Bysshe Shelley 1To Harriet ***** Whose is the love that gleaming through the world, Wards off the poisonous arrow of its scorn? Whose is the warm and partial praise, Virtue's…

Robert Beecher HOWELL, Congress, NE (1864-1933)

Senate Years of Service: 1923-1933 Party: Republican HOWELL Robert Beecher , a Senator from Nebraska; born in Adrian, Lenawee County, Mich., January 21, 1864; attended the public schools;…