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Barlow, Joel

(Encyclopedia) Barlow, JoelBarlow, Joelbärˈlō [key], 1754–1812, American writer and diplomat, b. Redding, Conn., grad. Yale, 1778. He was one of the Connecticut Wits and a major contributor to their…

Connecticut Wits

(Encyclopedia) Connecticut Wits or Hartford Wits, an informal association of Yale students and rectors formed in the late 18th cent. At first they were devoted to the modernization of the Yale…

Joel Barlow SUTHERLAND, Congress, PA (1792-1861)

SUTHERLAND Joel Barlow , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Gloucester County, N.J., February 26, 1792; attended the common schools, and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania…

Joel, persons in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) JoelJoeljōˈəl [key], in the Bible. 1 Prophet of the book of Joel. 2 Son of Samuel. He also appears under the name Vashni.

Joel, book of the Bible

(Encyclopedia) Joel, prophetic book of the Bible. It is a collection of the oracles of an otherwise unknown prophet, dated variously from the 9th to the 3d cent. b.c., though a date in c.400 b.c. is…

Vashni

(Encyclopedia) VashniVashnivăshˈnī [key], same as Joel (2.)

Shaul

(Encyclopedia) ShaulShaulshôl [key], in the Bible. 1 Son of Simeon, eponym of the Shaulites. 2 King of Edom. An alternate form is Saul. 3 Same as Joel (13.)

Brewer's: Billy Barlow

A street droll, a merry Andrew; so called from a half-idiot of the name, who fancied himself “some great personage.” He was well known in the East of London, and died in Whitechapel…

Poinsett, Joel Roberts

(Encyclopedia) Poinsett, Joel RobertsPoinsett, Joel Robertspoinˈsĕt [key], 1779–1851, American diplomat and politician, b. Charleston, S.C. In 1810 he was sent as a special commissioner to South…

Spingarn, Joel Elias

(Encyclopedia) Spingarn, Joel EliasSpingarn, Joel Eliasspĭnˈgärn [key], 1875–1939, American educator and literary critic, b. New York City, grad. Columbia (B.A., 1895; Ph.D., 1899). He was professor…