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Ruth Wallis Biography

performerDied: December 22, 2007 (South Killingly, Connecticut) Best Known as: Queen of the Party Song who performed risqué cabaret numbers Ruth…

Dr. Ruth Westheimer

Name at birth: Karola Ruth SiegelDr. Ruth Westheimer -- known simply as Dr. Ruth -- had radio show in the 1980s, Sexually Speaking, that ended up making her a celebrity on TV and in print also.…

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court for almost three decades, from her appointment President Bill Clinton in 1993 until her death in office in 2020. A New…

Babe Ruth Biography

Babe RuthBorn: Feb. 6, 1895Baseball LHP-OF two-time 20-game winner with Boston Red Sox (1916-17); had a 94-46 record with a 2.28 ERA, while he was 3-0 in the World Series with an ERA of 0.87…

Stuart, British royal family

(Encyclopedia) Stuart or Stewart, royal family that ruled Scotland and England. The Stuart lineage began in a family of hereditary stewards of Scotland, the earliest of whom was Walter (d. 1177),…

Newton, Gilbert Stuart

(Encyclopedia) Newton, Gilbert Stuart, 1794–1835, English genre and portrait painter, b. Halifax, N.S., studied in Boston with his uncle Gilbert Stuart, and later abroad. He was greatly influenced by…

Hall, Stuart Henry McPhail

(Encyclopedia) Hall, Stuart, 1932–2014, Jamaican-born British sociologist and cultural theorist, b. Kingston, Jamaica. Hall attended Jamaica College…

Jesse

(Encyclopedia) JesseJessejĕsˈē [key], in the Bible, the descendant of Rahab, the grandson of Boaz and Ruth, and the father of David. Referring to the restoration of the Davidic monarchy, the Book of…