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Old Pretender

(Encyclopedia) Old Pretender: see Stuart, James Francis Edward.

Stuart, Mary

(Encyclopedia) Stuart or Stewart, Mary: see Mary Queen of Scots.

Barrett, Amy Coney

(Encyclopedia) Barrett, Amy Coney, 1972–, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (2020–), b. New Orleans, grad. Univ. of Notre Dame Law School (1997). She clerked for Supreme Court Justice…

Page, William

(Encyclopedia) Page, William, 1811–85, American historical and portrait painter, b. Albany, N.Y., studied with S. F. B. Morse and at the National Academy of Design. Among his best-known works are…

2007 MacArthur Foundation Awards

Related Links Intel Science Talent Search WinnersNobel Prize Winners2006 MacArthur Foundation AwardsThe MacArthur Foundation awards monetary prizes each year in order to provide…

1979–1980 Obie Awards

PlaywritingLee Breuer, A Prelude to Death in VeniceChristopher Durang, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for YouRomulus Linney, TennesseeRoland Muldoon, Full Confessions of a SocialistJeff…

Hamilton, James, 3d earl of Arran

(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, James, 3d earl of Arran, 1530–1609, Scottish nobleman; son of James Hamilton, 2d earl of Arran. He spent some years (1550–58) as a soldier in France, but his espousal of…

Stuart, Arabella

(Encyclopedia) Stuart or Stewart, Arabella, 1575–1615, cousin of James I of England (James VI of Scotland). She was the daughter of Charles Stuart, earl of Lennox, younger brother of Lord Darnley,…

Atholl

(Encyclopedia) AthollAthollăthˈəl [key], successively an earldom, a marquisate, and a dukedom of Scotland. For Scottish nobles so entitled, use Stuart, John, and Murray, John.

Benedict, Ruth Fulton

(Encyclopedia) Benedict, Ruth Fulton, 1887–1948, American anthropologist, b. New York City, grad. Vassar, 1909, Ph.D. Columbia, 1923. She was a student and later a colleague of Franz Boas at Columbia…