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May, Elaine
(Encyclopedia) May, Elaine, 1932-, American actress, film director, and writer, b. Philadelphia, Pa., as Elaine Iva Berlin. May’s parents were both…Francesca da Rimini
(Encyclopedia) Francesca da RiminiFrancesca da Riminifränchĕsˈkä dä rēˈmēnē [key], fl. 13th cent., Italian beauty, daughter of Guido da Polenta of Ravenna. She was married by proxy to the hunchbacked…Martin, Mary
(Encyclopedia) Martin, Mary, 1913–90, American musical comedy star, b. Weatherford, Tex. From Martin's first stage appearance in Leave It to Me (1938), she starred in several enormously successful…Toynbee, Arnold Joseph
(Encyclopedia) Toynbee, Arnold Joseph, 1889–1975, English historian; nephew of Arnold Toynbee. Educated at Oxford, he served in the British foreign office during World Wars I and II and was a…Browne, Sir Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Browne, Sir Thomas, 1605–82, English author and physician, b. London, educated at Oxford and abroad, knighted (1671) by Charles II. His Religio Medici, in which Browne attempted to…Weise, Christian
(Encyclopedia) Weise, ChristianWeise, Christiankrĭsˈtyän vīˈzə [key], 1642–1708, German didactic poet and dramatist. He wrote more than 60 plays, many of them written for production in schools.…Neusner, Jacob
(Encyclopedia) Neusner, Jacob, 1932–2016, American scholar and historian of Judaism, b. West Hartford, Conn, B.A. Harvard, 1953, M.A. Jewish Theological Seminary, 1960), Ph.D. Columbia, 1960.…Powell, Anthony
(Encyclopedia) Powell, AnthonyPowell, Anthonypōˈəl [key], 1905–2000, English novelist, grad. Eton and Baillol College, Oxford. A distinguished writer of social comedy, he is best known for his 12-…Kerr, Walter Francis
(Encyclopedia) Kerr, Walter Francis, 1913–96, American drama critic, b. Evanston, Ill. He wrote for the theater in the 1930s, and became drama critic for the New York Herald Tribune in 1951 and for…Krasiński, Zygmunt, Count
(Encyclopedia) Krasiński, Zygmunt, CountKrasiński, Zygmunt, Countzĭgˈm&oobreve;nt kräsēnˈyəskē [key], 1812–59, Polish romantic poet. An ardent patriot and Slavophile, he lived much of his life…Trending
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