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Lehmann, John

(Encyclopedia) Lehmann, JohnLehmann, Johnlāˈmən [key], 1907–89, English poet, editor, and publisher. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he began working at Virginia and Leonard Woolf's Hogarth…

Riboud, Marc

(Encyclopedia) Riboud, Marc, 1923–2016, French photojournalist. After fighting in the resistance during World War II, he studied engineering. In 1952 he moved to Paris, where he met Henri Cartier-…

Meynell, Alice (Thompson)

(Encyclopedia) Meynell, Alice (Thompson)Meynell, Alice (Thompson)mĕnˈəl [key], 1847–1922, English poet and essayist. She spent most of her youth in Italy. Converted to Roman Catholicism in 1872, she…

Hopkins, Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Hopkins, Samuel, 1721–1803, American clergyman and theologian, b. Waterbury, Conn., grad. Yale, 1741. He was a leading disciple of Jonathan Edwards, whose theology was the foundation…

Carver, George Washington

(Encyclopedia) Carver, George Washington, 1864?–1943, American agricultural chemist, b. Diamond, Mo., grad. Iowa State College (now Iowa State Univ.; B.S., 1894; M.A. 1896). Born a slave, he later,…

Benin, Bight of

(Encyclopedia) Benin, Bight of, northern arm of the Gulf of Guinea, c.550 mi (885 km) wide, W Africa, between Cape Three Points, S Ghana, and the Niger River delta, SW Nigeria. The bight was an…

Earthworms

John Mertus1993I've been following with interest the thread on using worms to eat the garbage. Since there seems to be interest in earthworms, I am re-posting a combination of three posts…

Juana Inés de la Cruz

(Encyclopedia) Juana Inés de la CruzJuana Inés de la Cruzhwäˈnä ēnāsˈ dā lä kr&oomacr;s [key], 1651–95, Mexican poet. She is considered the greatest lyric poet of the colonial period. A beautiful…