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Greenaway, Kate

(Encyclopedia) Greenaway, Kate, 1846–1901, English illustrator and watercolorist. She is famous for her fanciful, humorous, delicately colored drawings of child life. She influenced children's…

bastard

(Encyclopedia) bastard, person born out of wedlock whose legal status is illegitimacy. In civil law countries and in about half the states of the United States, the union of the parents in marriage…

Church, Benjamin

(Encyclopedia) Church, Benjamin, 1639–1718, New England colonial soldier in King Philip's War, b. Plymouth, Mass. He took a leading part in the Great Swamp Fight (Dec., 1675), W of Kingston, R.I.,…

Boniface VIII

(Encyclopedia) Boniface VIII, 1235–1303, pope (1294–1303), an Italian (b. Anagni) named Benedetto Caetani; successor of St. Celestine V. As a cardinal he was independent of the factions in the papal…

Robert Philip Hanssen, 2001 News

senior FBI agent who specialized in counterintelligence, was indicted in May on charges of spying for Russia. For 15 years, he allegedly handed over to Russia highly sensitive, classified…

Philip Harold HAYES, Congress, IN (1940)

HAYES Philip Harold , a Representative from Indiana; born in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich., September 1, 1940; attended Rensselaer (Ind.) Elementary School; graduated from Rensselaer High…

Philip Riley SHARP, Congress, IN (1942)

SHARP Philip Riley , a Representative from Indiana; born in Baltimore, Md., July 15, 1942; attended Washington Elementary School, Elwood, Ind.; graduated from Wendell Willkie High School, Elwood,…

Winnicott, Donald

(Encyclopedia) Winnicott, Donald, 1896–1971, British psychoanalyst, pediatrician, and child psychiatrist. He worked at the Paddington Green Children's Hospital in London for over 40 years, beginning…

infanticide

(Encyclopedia) infanticideinfanticideĭnfănˈtəsīd [key] [Lat.,=child murder], the putting to death of the newborn with the consent of the parent, family, or community. Infanticide often occurs among…