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(Encyclopedia) essay, relatively short literary composition in prose, in which a writer discusses a topic, usually restricted in scope, or tries to persuade the reader to accept a particular point of…

Arnold of Brescia

(Encyclopedia) Arnold of BresciaArnold of Bresciabrĕshˈə [key], c.1090–1155, Italian monk and reformer, b. Brescia. A priest of irreproachable life, Arnold studied at Paris, where according to…

Trilling, Lionel

(Encyclopedia) Trilling, Lionel, 1905–75, American critic, author, and teacher, b. New York City, grad. Columbia (B.A., 1925; M.A., 1926; Ph.D., 1938). He began teaching literature at Columbia in…

Arnold, Eddy

singerBirthplace: Henderson, Tenn.Born: 5/15/18

Brewer's: Arnold

of Melchthal, patriarch of the forest cantons of Switzerland. He was in love with Matilda, a sister of Gessler, the Austrian governor of the district. When the tyranny of Gessler drove the…

Arnold Palmer

Arnold Palmer was one of the world's best golfers, an icon of the 1960s and one of America's first celebrity athletes. Arnold Palmer grew up in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, right next to the golf course…

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Once the world's leading bodybuilder, Arnold Schwarzenegger went on to become one of Hollywood's biggest stars and then the governor of California from 2003-2011. Nicknamed "The Austrian Oak,"…