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Lead B

(Encyclopedia) Lead Belly, nickname of Huddie William Ledbetter, 1885–1949, American singer, b. Mooringsport, La. While wandering through Louisiana…

Bridgman, Frederic Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Bridgman, Frederic Arthur, 1847–1927, American painter of genre and of scenes of Middle Eastern antiquity, b. Tuskegee, Ala. He studied under Gérôme in Paris, where he remained as an…

Frederic Lawrence Knowles: Love Triumphant

Love TriumphantFrederic Lawrence KnowlesHelen's lips are drifting dust; Ilion is consumed with rust; All the galleons of Greece Drink the ocean's dreamless peace; Lost was Solomon's purple…

telepathy

(Encyclopedia) telepathy, supposed communication between two persons without recourse to the senses. The word was formulated in 1882 by Frederic William Henry Myers, English poet, essayist, and a…

Benson, Edward Frederic

(Encyclopedia) Benson, Edward Frederic, 1867–1940, English author; 3d son of Archbishop Benson. He wrote several biographies and reflections on contemporary society, but he is chiefly remembered for…

Ogdensburg

(Encyclopedia) Ogdensburg, city (1990 pop. 13,521), St. Lawrence co., N N.Y., on the St. Lawrence River at the mouth of the Oswegatchie, in a resort area, opposite Prescott, Ont. (with which it is…

Hedge, Frederic Henry

(Encyclopedia) Hedge, Frederic Henry, 1805–90, American Unitarian clergyman and author, b. Cambridge, Mass., educated in Germany and at Harvard. He held several New England pastorates. In 1836 he…

Masson, Frédéric

(Encyclopedia) Masson, Frédéric, 1847–1923, French historian, an authority on Napoleon I and his family. His work is uncritically laudatory with regard to Napoleon himself; his admiration, however,…

prelude

(Encyclopedia) preludepreludeprāˈl&oomacr;d [key], musical composition of no universal style, usually for the keyboard. It was originally used to precede a ceremony and later a second, often…