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Rhys, Jean

(Encyclopedia) Rhys, JeanRhys, Jeanrēs [key], pseud. of Ella Gwendoline Rees Williams, 1894–1979, English novelist, b. Dominica. Her novels written in the 1930s mercilessly exploit her own emotional…

Rhys ap Gruffydd

(Encyclopedia) Rhys ap GruffyddRhys ap Gruffyddrēs äp grĭfˈĭᵺ [key], 1132?–1197, ruler of South Wales and, after the death (1170) of Owain Gwynedd, leader of the Welsh princes. The failure (1165) of…

Matthew Rhys

Matthew Rhys is a Welsh actor known for his roles in the American televisions shows Brothers & Sisters and The Americans. Rhys got his acting training as a student at the Royal Academy of…

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers

Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers played King Henry VIII in four seasons of the history-is-sexy series The Tudors (2007-2010). On the big screen, his breakout leading role opposite Scarlett Johansson…

Leighton, Frederick Leighton, Baron

(Encyclopedia) Leighton, Frederick Leighton, BaronLeighton, Frederick Leighton, Baronlāˈtən [key], 1830–96, English painter and sculptor. He studied in Florence. His first exhibited picture, which…

Sophie Rhys-Jones, 1999 News

34, British public relations executive, became the newest member of England's royal family when she married Prince Edward, 35, Queen Elizabeth's youngest son, in June.

Prendergast, Maurice Brazil

(Encyclopedia) Prendergast, Maurice Brazil, 1859–1924, American painter, b. St. John's, N.L., Canada, educated in Boston. In 1886 he worked his way to Europe on a cattle boat and studied in Paris at…

Strathclyde

(Encyclopedia) StrathclydeStrathclydestrăthˌklīdˈ [key] [Gaelic,=Clyde valley], one of several early medieval Celtic or Welsh kingdoms in present-day S Scotland and N England. Strathclyde was in SW…

Marsh, Jean

actressBirthplace: Stoke Newington, EnglandBorn: 7/1/34