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muckrakers

(Encyclopedia) muckrakers, name applied to American journalists, novelists, and critics who in the first decade of the 20th cent. attempted to expose the abuses of business and the corruption in…

Maintenon, Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de

(Encyclopedia) Maintenon, Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise deMaintenon, Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise defräNswäzˈ dōbēnyāˈ märkēzˈ də măNtənôNˈ [key], 1635–1719, second wife of the French king Louis XIV…

Nestorianism

(Encyclopedia) Nestorianism, Christian heresy that held Jesus to be two distinct persons, closely and inseparably united. In 428, Emperor Theodosius II named an abbot of Antioch, Nestorius (d. 451…

Barbizon school

(Encyclopedia) Barbizon schoolBarbizon schoolbärˌbĭzōNˈ, bärˈbĭzŏnˌ [key], an informal school of French landscape painting that flourished c.1830–1870. Its name derives from the village of Barbizon,…

George, Henry

(Encyclopedia) George, Henry, 1839–97, American economist, founder of the single tax movement, b. Philadelphia. Of a poor family, his formal education was cut short at 14, and in 1857 he emigrated to…

James Whitmore Biography

actorBorn: October 1, 1921Died: February 6, 2009 (Malibu, California, USA) Best Known as: character actor James Whitmore's long career on the stage and…

Sonny Rollins

Name at birth: Walter Theodore RollinsSaxophonist Sonny Rollins made his mark in the early 1950s as a saxophone master in the "hard bop" of jazz, and continued to record and perform for six decades…

Farish Carter TATE, Congress, GA (1856-1922)

TATE Farish Carter , a Representative from Georgia; born in Jasper, Pickens County, Ga., November 20, 1856; attended the common schools and North Georgia Agricultural College in Dahlonega, Ga.;…

Lowell STOCKMAN, Congress, OR (1901-1962)

STOCKMAN Lowell , a Representative from Oregon; born on a farm near Helix, Umatilla County, Oreg., April 12, 1901; attended the public schools at Pendleton, Oreg.; was graduated from Oregon State…

Tom Berenger Biography

Tom Berenger actorBorn: 5/31/1950Birthplace: Chicago Known for his rugged good looks, he played the part of the insecure TV star in The Big Chill (1983) and the battle-tough sergeant in Platoon…