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Marsh, Adam

(Encyclopedia) Marsh, Adam, or Adam de MariscoAdam de Mariscomârˈĭskō [key], d. 1259?, English Franciscan scholar. He was a student of Robert Grosseteste. When Grosseteste became bishop, Marsh took…

Marsh, Dame Ngaio

(Encyclopedia) Marsh, Dame NgaioMarsh, Dame Ngaionīˈō [key], 1899–1982, New Zealand detective story writer. She was an art student, actress, and theatrical producer before her first novel, A Man Lay…

Baez, Joan

(Encyclopedia) Baez, JoanBaez, Joanbīpstr;ĕz, bäˈ– [key], 1941–, American folk singer and political activist, b. New York City. Baez began singing traditional folk ballads, blues, and spirituals in…

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

(Encyclopedia) Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), officially the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, independent U.S. government agency responsible for most of the federal oversight…

Abdullah, Sheikh Muhammad

(Encyclopedia) Abdullah, Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, Sheikh Muhammad shākh m&oomacr;hämˈmäd äbd&oobreve;l-läˈ [key], 1905–82, nationalist leader in Kashmir, known…

Girodet-Trioson, Anne-Louis

(Encyclopedia) Girodet-Trioson, Anne-LouisGirodet-Trioson, Anne-Louisän-lwē zhērôdāˈ-trēôzôNˈ [key], 1767–1824, French painter. Originally named Girodet de Roussy or Roucy, he was a student of J.-L.…

Brin, Sergey Mikhaylovich

(Encyclopedia) Brin, Sergey Mikhaylovich, 1973–, American business executive and computer scientist, b. Moscow, grad. Univ. of Maryland (B.S., 1993) and Stanford (M.S., 1995). His family immigrated…

Zetkin, Klara

(Encyclopedia) Zetkin, KlaraZetkin, Klarakläˈrä tsĕtˈkĭn [key], 1857–1933, German Communist leader and feminist. A teacher, she early joined the Social Democratic party and together with Rosa…

Abbey, Edward Paul

(Encyclopedia) Abbey, Edward Paul, 1927–1989, American writer and environmentalist, b. Indiana, Pa., grad. Univ. of New Mexico (B.A. 1951, M.A. 1956). An ardent, sometimes abrasive advocate for the…

Bernstein, Walter

(Encyclopedia) Bernstein, Walter, 1919-2021, American screenwriter, b. Brooklyn, NY, Dartmouth College (BA, 1940). After attending high school,…