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Schreiner, Olive
(Encyclopedia) Schreiner, OliveSchreiner, Oliveshrīˈnər [key], pseud. Ralph Iron, 1855–1920, South African author and feminist, b. Wittebergen Reserve, Cape Colony. After several years as a governess…Iron, Ralph
(Encyclopedia) Iron, Ralph: see Schreiner, Olive.Kerrville
(Encyclopedia) KerrvilleKerrvillekûrˈvĭl [key], city (1990 pop. 17,384), seat of Kerr co., S central Tex., on the Guadalupe River; settled 1846, inc. 1942. Kerrville has an active livestock industry…olive
(Encyclopedia) olive, common name for the Oleaceae, a family of trees and shrubs (including climbing forms) of warm temperate climates and of the Old World tropics, especially Asia and the East…olive oil
(Encyclopedia) olive oil, pale yellow to greenish oil obtained from the pulp of olives by separating the liquids from solids. Olive oil was used in the ancient world for lighting, in the preparation…Fremstad, Olive Nayan
(Encyclopedia) Fremstad, Olive NayanFremstad, Olive Nayanfrĕmˈstăd [key], 1871–1951, Swedish-American soprano; pupil of Lilli Lehmann. She came to the United States as a child. After her European…John Oliver
John Oliver is the British political comedian who began hosting the American TV show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver in 2014. John Oliver was born in Birmingham and attended Cambridge University…Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks was a neurologist and lecturer who wrote about the peculiarities of the brain, in books such as Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. With a medical degree from Queen's…Oliver North
Oliver North is a media personality whose fame stems from lying while under oath to the United States Congress when he was at the center of the Iran-Contra scandal of the Ronald Reagan administration…Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was Lord Protector of England for much of the 1650s, ruling in place of the country's traditional monarchy. In the 1640s a civil war broke out between supporters of King Charles I (…Trending
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