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Roderick

(Encyclopedia) RoderickRoderickrŏdˈərĭk [key], d. 711?, last Visigothic king in Spain (710–711?). After the death of King Witiza, a group of nobles chose Roderick, duke of Baetica, as successor to…

Brooks, Van Wyck

(Encyclopedia) Brooks, Van WyckBrooks, Van Wyckvăn wĭkˈ [key], 1886–1963, American critic, b. Plainfield, N.J., grad. Harvard, 1908. His first book, The Wine of the Puritans (1909), presented the…

Hudson River school

(Encyclopedia) Hudson River school, group of American landscape painters, working from 1825 to 1875. The 19th-century romantic movements of England, Germany, and France were introduced to the United…

Chouteau

(Encyclopedia) ChouteauChouteaush&oomacr;tōˈ [key], family of American fur traders. René Auguste Chouteau, 1749–1829, b. New Orleans, accompanied (1763) his stepfather, Pierre Laclede, on a…

Tom Mison

Tom Mison is an actor known mostly for his roles on the London stage and for his turn as Ichabod Crane in the American TV series Sleepy Hollow (starring Nicole Beharie). A committed and versatile…

Charles Wiley Biography

Charles WileypublisherBorn: 1782Birthplace: New York City Having opened his own print shop in 1807, he later expanded into publishing and published several well-known New Yorkers, including…

Nicole Beharie

Nicole "Nikki" Beharie is an American actress who is best known as Lt. Abbie Mills on the TV series Sleepy Hollow (2013-16, starring Tom Mison). Raised in Florida, Beharie attended high school at…

Sleepy Hollow

Director:Tim BurtonWriter:Andrew Kevin WalkerParamount Pictures; R; 110 minutesRelease:11/99Cast:Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Michael Gambon Viewing Sleepy Hollow, one almost wishes the…

William IRVING, Congress, NY (1766-1821)

IRVING William , a Representative from New York; born in New York City August 15, 1766; completed preparatory studies; engaged in mercantile pursuits and also in fur trade with the Indians along…

William Pope DUVAL, Congress, KY (1784-1854)

DUVAL William Pope , a Representative from Kentucky; born in Mount Comfort, near Richmond, Va., in 1784; completed preparatory studies; moved to Kentucky; studied law; was admitted to the bar…