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Alan Rothenberg

Alan RothenbergBorn: Apr. 10, 1939Soccer president of U.S. Soccer 1990-98; surprised European skeptics by directing hugely successful 1994 World Cup tournament; successfully got oft-delayed…

Marvin Rothenberg Biography

Marvin Rothenbergtelevision ad director Though neither his face nor his name may be familiar, his work certainly is. Rothenberg directed Lucky Strike's dancing cigarettes and made Palmolive'…

Patterson, Elizabeth

(Encyclopedia) Patterson, Elizabeth, 1785–1879, American wife of Jérôme Bonaparte, b. Baltimore. On a visit to America, Jérôme Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, met and married her (1803).…

Jerome, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Jerome, SaintJerome, Saintjərōmˈ, jĕrˈəm [key], c.347–420?, Christian scholar, Father of the Church, Doctor of the Church. He was born in Stridon on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia…

Saint Jérôme

(Encyclopedia) Saint JérômeSaint JérômesăN zhārōmˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 23,384), S Que., Canada, on the North River, NW of Montreal. It is an industrial center with woolen and paper mills. Rubber…

Laura Rothenberg 2003 Deaths

Laura RothenbergAge: 22 college student who chronicled her battle with cystic fibrosis in an audio diary, which was broadcast on National Public Radio's “All Things Considered.” She died of…

Jerome of Prague

(Encyclopedia) Jerome of Prague, c.1370–1416, Bohemian religious reformer. During his studies at Prague and at Oxford, Jerome was influenced by the doctrinal views of John Wyclif. He continued to…

Vigilantius

(Encyclopedia) VigilantiusVigilantiusvĭjˌĭlănˈshəs [key], fl. 400, Christian priest of Gaul who was violently opposed by St. Jerome. Jerome's letters and a tract, Liber contra Vigilantium, declare…

Hieronymus

(Encyclopedia) Hieronymus: see Jerome, Saint.

Brewer's: Jerome

(St.). Generally represented as an aged man in a cardinal's dress, writing or studying, with a lion seated beside him. The best painting of this saint is The Communion of St. Jerome, by…