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Lewis, Matthew Gregory
(Encyclopedia) Lewis, Matthew Gregory, 1775–1818, English author, b. London. In addition to his writing he pursued a diplomatic career and served for a time in Parliament. He was often called “Monk”…Davis, Richard Harding
(Encyclopedia) Davis, Richard Harding, 1864–1916, American author and journalist, b. Philadelphia; son of Rebecca Harding Davis. After attending Lehigh and Johns Hopkins universities, he became a…Clancy, Tom
(Encyclopedia) Clancy, Tom (Thomas Leo Clancy, Jr.), 1947–2013, American popular novelist, b. Baltimore, grad. Loyola Univ. Maryland (B.A., 1969). While working as an insurance agent he wrote The…Finn mac Cumhail
(Encyclopedia) Finn mac Cumhail,&sp;Fionn mac Cumhail, or Finn MacCoolFinn mac Cumhail,all: fĭn mək&oomacr;lˈ [key], semimythical Irish hero. His exploits are recorded in long narrative poems…relics
(Encyclopedia) relics, part of the body of a saint or a thing closely connected with the saint in life. In traditional Christian belief they have had great importance, and miracles have often been…William Shakespeare: Henry V, Act I, Scene II
Scene IIThe same. The Presence chamberEnter King Henry V, Gloucester, Bedford, Exeter, Warwick, Westmoreland, and AttendantsKing Henry VWhere is my gracious Lord of Canterbury?ExeterNot here…Offenbach, Jacques Levy
(Encyclopedia) Offenbach, Jacques LevyOffenbach, Jacques Levyôˈfənbäk, Fr. zhäk lāvēˈ ôfĕnbäkˈ [key], 1819–80, French composer, b. Cologne. The son of a cantor, he went to Paris to study at the…South Island
(Encyclopedia) South Island or Te Waipounamu [Maori,=the waters of greenstone] (1996 pop. 900,114), 58,093 sq mi (150,461 sq km), New Zealand. It is the larger but less populous of the two principal…Offa
(Encyclopedia) OffaOffaŏfˈə [key], d. 796, king of Mercia (757–96). He succeeded Æthelbald to the throne, but it was some years before he attained the power of his predecessor. Gradually he asserted…McCloskey, Robert
(Encyclopedia) McCloskey, Robert (John Robert McCloskey)McCloskey, Robertməklŏˈskē [key], 1914–2003, American writer and illustrator of children's books, b. Hamilton, Ohio. He studied at the Vesper…Trending
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