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Kenneth Koch 2002 Deaths

Kenneth KochAge: 77 poet, novelist, and playwright who, with John Ashbery and Frank O'Hara, created the New York school of poets in the 1950s. He wrote more than 20 volumes of poetry, and his…

Kenneth Lay 2006 Deaths

Kenneth LayAge: 64 founder and former CEO of Enron, the energy trading company that filed for bankruptcy in Dec. 2001, who was convicted of fraud and conspiracy in May. He died of heart…

Kenneth Lynn 2001 Deaths

Kenneth LynnAge: 78 historian who wrote biographies of Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, and Charlie Chaplin. He taught at Johns Hopkins University for 20 years.Died: Manhattan, June 24,…

Kenneth Babyface Edmonds Biography

Kenneth “Babyface” Edmondssongwriter, producer, singerBorn: 4/10/1959Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana Grammy Award-winning songwriter, producer, and singer who is considered one of the most powerful…

Burke, Kenneth Duva

(Encyclopedia) Burke, Kenneth Duva, 1897–1993, American critic, b. Pittsburgh, Pa. He was music critic for The Dial (1927–29) and The Nation (1934–36). A profound thinker whose writings have…

Fitzherbert, Maria Anne

(Encyclopedia) Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756–1837, wife of George, Prince of Wales (later George IV). He was her third husband. The marriage (1785) was illegal by the terms of the Royal Marriage Act…

Kennebunkport

(Encyclopedia) KennebunkportKennebunkportkĕnˌĭbŭngkpôrtˈ, kĕnˌĭbŭngkˈpôrt [key], town (1990 pop. 1,100), York co., S Maine, on the Atlantic coast; settled 1629, inc. 1653. The early town, called…

Wilson, Kenneth Geddes

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Kenneth Geddes, 1936–2013, American physicist, b. Waltham, Mass., Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1961. A professor at Cornell (1963–88) and Ohio State Univ. (1988–…

Scone

(Encyclopedia) SconeSconesk&oomacr;n [key], village, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland. Old Scone, west of the modern village of New Scone, was the repository of the Coronation Stone (see under…

Talmage, Thomas De Witt

(Encyclopedia) Talmage, Thomas De WittTalmage, Thomas De Witttălˈmĭj [key], 1832–1902, American Presbyterian clergyman, b. near Bound Brook, N.J., grad. New Brunswick Theological Seminary (1856). His…