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Lee, Harper

(Encyclopedia) Lee, Harper (Nelle Harper Lee), 1926–2016, American novelist, b. Monroeville, Ala. A member of an old Southern family and related to Robert E. Lee, she was a lifelong friend of Truman…

chaffinch

(Encyclopedia) chaffinch: see finch.

goldfinch

(Encyclopedia) goldfinch: see finch.

bullfinch

(Encyclopedia) bullfinch: see finch.

Finch, Peter

actorBirthplace: Kensington, EnglandBorn: 1916Died: 1977

Finch, Heneage

(Encyclopedia) Finch, Heneage: see Nottingham, Heneage Finch, 1st earl of.

wild canary

(Encyclopedia) wild canary: see finch; warbler.

Winchilsea, Anne Finch, countess of

(Encyclopedia) Winchilsea, Anne Finch, countess ofWinchilsea, Anne Finch, countess ofwĭnˈchəlsē [key], 1661–1720, English poet. In 1684 she married Heneage Finch, who became (1712) 4th earl of…

Nottingham, Heneage Finch, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia) Nottingham, Heneage Finch, 1st earl ofNottingham, Heneage Finch, 1st earl ofhĕnˈĭj [key]Nottingham, Heneage Finch, 1st earl of, nŏtˈĭngəm [key], 1621–82, lord chancellor of England. He…

Brewer's: Finch Lane

(London). So called from a family of consideration by the name of Finch or Finke. There was once a church in the lane called St. Benet Finke. There is an Irish saint named Finc, in Latin…