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Samuel Goldwyn Biography

Samuel Goldwyn(Samuel Goldfish)film producerBorn: 7/1879Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland After emigrating to America at age 13 and a brief career in glovemaking and sales, he partnered with Cecil B.…

Yorty, Samuel W.

ex-mayor of Los AngelesBirthplace: Lincoln, Neb.Born: 1909Died: 1998

Samuel Baron Biography

Samuel Baron flutist, conductor Best known as a flutist, Baron was a founding member of the New York Woodwind Quintet and the director of the Bach Aria Group.Born: 1925Died: 1997Rex…

Samuel L. Jackson

After 20 years in Hollywood and dozens of movies, Samuel L. Jackson became an international star for his portrayal of Jules, the righteous, afro-clad hit-man in the 1994 film Pulp Fiction.…

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was famous for dreamy and somewhat creepy poems like The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Christabel and Kubla Khan (the last of which he allegedly wrote subconsciously during a…

Samuel R. Delany

Samuel R. Delany is the winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula awards and one of science fiction's most celebrated authors. Born and raised in New York City, Delany began writing in the early 1960s.…

Samuel F.B. Morse

Samuel F.B. Morse Born: 1791Birthplace: Charlestown, Mass. Telegraph signals—In 1844 Morse built the first telegraph line between Baltimore and Washington and relayed the first telegraphic…

Samuel Beckett Biography

Samuel Beckettplaywright, novelistBorn: 4/13/1906Birthplace: Foxrock, County Dublin, Ireland With the production of En attendent Godot (1952, Waiting for Godot) in Paris in 1954, Beckett…

Eli

(Encyclopedia) EliEliēˈlī [key], in the Bible, high priest and judge of Israel, teacher of the boy Samuel.