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Sierra Leone: A Nation Collapses

// Cite Astronomers, astrophysicists, chemists, and physicists Jump to a category: AstronomersAstrophysicistsChemistsPhysicists Astronomers Adams, John Couch Al-…

Intimate Relations

Director/Writer: Philip GoodhewDirector of Photography:Andres GarretonEditor:Pia Di CiaulaMusic:Lawrence ShraggeProduction Designer:Caroline Greville-MorrisProducers:Angela Hart, Lisa Hope…

Abrams, Creighton Williams

(Encyclopedia) Abrams, Creighton WilliamsAbrams, Creighton Williamsāˈbrəmz [key], 1914–74, U.S. military officer, b. Springfield, Mass. After graduating (1936) from West Point, he served with…

Barnardo, Thomas John

(Encyclopedia) Barnardo, Thomas JohnBarnardo, Thomas Johnbərnärˈdō [key], 1845–1905, British social reformer. Pioneering in the care of destitute children, he founded (1867) in London the East End…

Walter, Hubert

(Encyclopedia) Walter, Hubert, d. 1205, English archbishop and statesman. He was clerk to his uncle, Ranulf de Glanvill, and in 1186 he was made dean of York. In 1189 he was appointed bishop of…

Gresham, Walter Quintin

(Encyclopedia) Gresham, Walter QuintinGresham, Walter Quintingrĕshˈəm [key], 1832–95, American public official, b. Harrison co., Ind. A lawyer, he entered politics as a Whig and helped organize the…

Wagley, Charles Walter

(Encyclopedia) Wagley, Charles WalterWagley, Charles Walterwăgˈlē [key], 1913–91, American anthropologist, b. Clarksville, Tex., grad. Columbia (Ph.D., 1941). He began teaching at Columbia in 1940,…

Hopkins, Mark, American educator

(Encyclopedia) Hopkins, Mark, 1802–87, American educator, b. Stockbridge, Mass., grad. Williams, 1824, and Berkshire Medical School, 1829. After a few months of medical practice he returned (1830) to…

Biographies: Notable Actors

Notable Actors Isabella Rossellini See also Filmmakers and Directors African-American Actors Asian American Film & Television Personalities Hispanic-American Film, Television, and…

William Bradford Shockley

William Bradford ShockleyBorn: 1910Birthplace: London, England Transistor—Bardeen, Shockley and Brattain shared the 1956 Nobel Prize for Physics for the invention of the transistor. The…