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Marprelate controversy

(Encyclopedia) Marprelate controversyMarprelate controversymärˈprĕlˌĭt [key], a 16th-century English religious argument. Martin Marprelate was the pseudonym under which appeared several Puritan…

Waldseemüller, Martin

(Encyclopedia) Waldseemüller, MartinWaldseemüller, Martinmärˈtĭn vältˌzāmülˈər [key], Gr. Ilacomilus, 1470?–1522?, German cosmographer. A member of a society of humanists known as the Gymnasium…

Porres, Saint Martin de

(Encyclopedia) Porres, Saint Martin dePorres, Saint Martin demärtēnˈ dā pôrˈrās [key], 1579–1639, Peruvian Dominican lay brother, b. Lima. He was the son of a Spanish soldier and a black freedwoman…

Martin, Mary

(Encyclopedia) Martin, Mary, 1913–90, American musical comedy star, b. Weatherford, Tex. From Martin's first stage appearance in Leave It to Me (1938), she starred in several enormously successful…

Martin Agronsky Biography

Martin AgronskyAge: 84 long-time news media figure. He began his career in newspaper journalism, transitioned to radio, and finally landed on TV, where he was a political correspondent and…

Richard Martin, Biography

Richard Martin, 52: curator of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, who fused pop culture with art history and examined fashion with an intellectual eye.Died: New York…

Gerald Martin Biography

Gerald MartinAge: 55 well-respected reporter for The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C. who covered stock car racing for three decades; praised by peers in the media as well as drivers and…

Joyce Kilmer: Martin

MartinJoyce KilmerWhen I am tired of earnest men, Intense and keen and sharp and clever, Pursuing fame with brush or pen Or counting metal disks forever, Then from the halls of shadowland…

Martin O’Malley

Name at birth: Martin Joseph O'MalleyDemocrat Martin O'Malley was the mayor of Baltimore and the governor of Maryland before making an unsuccessful run for U.S. president in 2016. Martin O'Malley…