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Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon

(Encyclopedia) Menzies, Sir Robert GordonMenzies, Sir Robert Gordonmĕnˈzēz [key], 1894–1978, Australian statesman. A barrister, Menzies was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 1934…

Fludd, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Fludd or Flud, Robert, 1574–1637, English mystic philosopher. Educated at Oxford and on the Continent, he became a London physician. Strongly influenced by the mystical doctrines of…

Leighton, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Leighton, Robert, 1611–84, Scottish prelate and classical scholar. After several years in France, where he seems to have developed an admiration for the Jansenists, he became (1641) a…

Robert Klark Graham Biography

Robert Klark GrahamAge: 90 made fortune by developing shatterproof plastic eyeglass lenses. Later established sperm bank, whose first donors were Nobel Prize winners. Died: Feb. 13, 1997.Rev…

Robert Young 1998 Deaths

Robert YoungAge: 91 actor, best known for his lead roles in the long-running television shows Marcus Welby, M.D. and Father Knows Best.Died: July 22, 1998.Fred A. YoungR - ZHenny Youngman…

Wilson, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Robert, 1941–, dramatist, director, and designer, b. Waco, Tex. He began his arts career as a painter. A leading figure in postmodern theater since 1963, when he arrived in New…

Cozens, Alexander

(Encyclopedia) Cozens, AlexanderCozens, Alexanderkŭzˈənz [key], c.1717–1786, English draftsman and writer, b. Russia. Cozens is thought to have been the first principal English master to work…

Greene, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Greene, Robert, 1558?–1592, English author. His short romances, written in the manner of Lyly's Euphues, include Pandosto (1588), from which Shakespeare drew the plot for A Winter's…

Thomas A. BURKE, Congress, OH (1898-1971)

Senate Years of Service: 1953-1954 Party: Democrat BURKE Thomas A. , a Senator from Ohio; born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 30, 1898; attended parochial schools; graduated from…

Colvin, Sir Sidney

(Encyclopedia) Colvin, Sir SidneyColvin, Sir Sidneykōlˈvĭn [key], 1845–1927, English man of letters. Slade professor of fine arts at Cambridge and keeper of prints at the British Museum, he was a…