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Russell, Morgan

(Encyclopedia) Russell, Morgan, 1886–1953, American painter, b. New York City. Russell, together with Stanton Macdonald-Wright, founded synchromism in Paris in 1913. Structuring his paintings on…

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

(Encyclopedia) Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 8,023 acres (3,247 hectares), W Ohio, NE of Dayton; est. 1917. One of the largest airport installations in the world, it is…

Sewell, Anna

(Encyclopedia) Sewell, AnnaSewell, Annas&oomacr;ˈəl [key], 1820–78, English author. Her only work, Black Beauty (1877), the story of a horse, became a children's classic and has gone into many…

Hollein, Hans

(Encyclopedia) Hollein, Hans, 1934–2014, Austrian architect and designer. He studied with Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Richard Neutra. Opening his own practice in 1964, he established…

1983 National Book Awards

Autobiography/BiographyHardcoverIsak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller, Judith ThurmanPaperbackNathaniel Hawthorne in His Time, James R. MellowChildren's FictionHardcoverHomesick: My Own…

Guelphs

(Encyclopedia) GuelphsGuelphsgwĕlfs [key], European dynasty tracing its descent from the Swabian count Guelph or Welf (9th cent.), whose daughter Judith married the Frankish emperor Louis I. Guelph…

Wright County, IA Census Data

Iowa Wright County, Iowa People QuickFactsWright CountyIowaPopulation, 2005 estimate 13,6472,966,334Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -4.8%1.4%Population, 2000 14,3342,…

Wright County, MO Census Data

Missouri Wright County, Missouri People QuickFactsWright CountyMissouriPopulation, 2005 estimate 18,3065,800,310Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 2.0%3.6%Population,…

Wright County, MN Census Data

Minnesota Wright County, Minnesota People QuickFactsWright CountyMinnesotaPopulation, 2005 estimate 110,7305,132,799Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 23.0%4.3%…