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Lee, Robert Edward
(Encyclopedia) Lee, Robert Edward, 1807–70, general in chief of the Confederate armies in the American Civil War, b. Jan. 19, 1807, at Stratford, Westmoreland co., Va.; son of Henry (“Light-Horse…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: The Kirk Of Scotland's Alarm
by Robert Burns Epigram On Francis Grose The AntiquaryPresentation Stanzas To CorrespondentsThe Kirk Of Scotland's Alarm A Ballad. Tune-"Come rouse, Brother Sportsman!"…Robert II, duke of Normandy
(Encyclopedia) Robert II (Robert Curthose), c.1054–1134, duke of Normandy (1087–1106); eldest son of King William I of England. Aided by King Philip I of France, he rebelled (1077) against his father…East India Company, French
(Encyclopedia) East India Company, French, 1664–1769, commercial enterprise planned by Jean Baptiste Colbert and chartered by King Louis XIV for the purpose of trading in the Eastern Hemisphere. It…Rauschenberg, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Rauschenberg, RobertRauschenberg, Robertrouˈshənbûrgˌ [key], 1925–2008, American painter, b. Port Arthur, Tex., as Milton Ernest Rauschenberg. He studied at the Kansas City Art…Robert Bly Biography
American poet, editor, and translatorBorn: December 26, 1926Birthplace: Madison, Minn. Robert Bly is the author of more than 30 books of poetry, including Loving a…Vane, Sir John Robert
(Encyclopedia) Vane, Sir John Robert, 1927–2004, British pharmacologist, Ph.D. Oxford, 1953. With B. I. Samuelsson and Sune K. Bergström, Vane was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physiology or…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Presentation Stanzas To Correspondents
by Robert Burns The Kirk Of Scotland's AlarmSonnet On Receiving A FavourPresentation Stanzas To Correspondents Factor John! Factor John, whom the Lord made alone, And ne'er made…poet laureate
(Encyclopedia) poet laureatepoet laureatelôˈrēĭt [key], title conferred in Britain by the monarch on a poet whose duty it is to write commemorative odes and verse. It is an outgrowth of the medieval…John David Washington
Actor John David Washington broke out in 2018 as the star of Spike Lee's movie, BlacKkKlansman, playing an African-American policeman who infiltrates the KKK, a white supremacist group. Washington's…Trending
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