Search

Search results

Displaying 51 - 60

Butler, Zebulon

(Encyclopedia) Butler, Zebulon, 1731–95, American colonial leader, b. Ipswich, Mass. After serving in the French and Indian Wars, Butler led a group of Connecticut settlers to the Wyoming Valley in N…

War Poems

Meditations on War     If these men do not die well, it will be a black matter for the king that led them to it . . . compiled by Erin Martin   Related Links National Poetry…

Gregory, Lady Augusta

(Encyclopedia) Gregory, Lady Augusta (Isabella Augusta Persse), 1859–1932, Irish dramatist. Though she did not begin her writing career until middle-age, Lady Gregory soon became a vital force in the…

Butler, Judith

(Encyclopedia) Butler, Judith, 1956–, American philosopher and political theorist, b. Cleveland, Ph.D. Yale University, 1984. Holds the Hannah Arendt…

Evarts, William Maxwell

(Encyclopedia) Evarts, William MaxwellEvarts, William Maxwellĕvˈərts [key], 1818–1901, American lawyer and statesman, b. Boston; grandson of Roger Sherman. After attending Harvard Law School he began…

Poems of Youth and Early Manhood

1823-1834ContentsThe BellThoughtPrayerTo-DayFameThe SummonsThe RiverGood HopeLines to EllenSecurityA Mountain GraveA LetterHymnSelf-RelianceWritten in NaplesWritten at RomeWebster

Butler, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Butler, Thomas: see Ossory, Thomas Butler, earl of.

Butler, James

(Encyclopedia) Butler, James: see Ormonde, James Butler, 12th earl and 1st duke of.

Butler

(Encyclopedia) Butler, city (2020 pop. 12,699), seat of Butler co., W Pa.; inc. as a borough 1817, as a city 1917. It is located in an area with coal,…

BUTLER, William, Congress, SC (1759-1821)

BUTLER William , a Representative from South Carolina; born in Prince William County, Va., December 17, 1759; attended grammar schools; moved to South Carolina; served in the Snow campaign…