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Cecil, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Cecil, Robert: see Salisbury, Robert Cecil, 1st earl of.

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Two decades and five head coaches after its last NCAA title, UCLA finally wins its first championship of the post-Wooden era.—Gene Wojciechowski They came. They saw. They resigned. That's…

Jeff VanderMeer

Jeff VanderMeer had been writing, editing and critiquing fantasy and science fiction for nearly 30 years before his novel Annihilation and its sequels became critical and popular hits. The movie…

Garnier, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Garnier, RobertGarnier, Robertrōbĕrˈ [key]Garnier, Robert gärnyāˈ [key], 1534?–1590, French dramatic poet. He wrote mainly closet dramas in the classical manner of Seneca. Les Juives […

Bruce, Edward

(Encyclopedia) Bruce, Edward, d. 1318, Scottish king of Ireland, brother of Robert I of Scotland. He aided his brother in the war for independence from England and in 1315 was declared heir to Robert…

Robert of Jumièges

(Encyclopedia) Robert of JumiègesRobert of Jumiègeszhümyĕzhˈ [key], fl. 1037–52, Norman churchman in England, b. Normandy. As abbot of Jumièges he won the favor of Edward (later Edward the Confessor…