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Stuart, Charles Edward
(Encyclopedia) Stuart or Stewart, Charles Edward, 1720–88, claimant to the British throne, b. Rome. First son of James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender), he was known as Bonnie Prince Charlie…Wolfe, Tom
(Encyclopedia) Wolfe, Tom (Thomas Kennerly Wolfe, Jr.), 1931–2018, American journalist and novelist, b. Richmond, Va., B.A. Washington and Lee Univ., 1951, Ph.D. Yale, 1957. He began his writing…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Fragment: Supposed to be an Epithalamium of Francis Ravaillac and Charlotte Corday
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Posthumous Fragments of Margar...DespairFragment: Supposed to be an Epithalamium of Francis Ravaillac and Charlotte Corday 'Tis midnight now—athwart the murky air…Hill, Daniel Harvey
(Encyclopedia) Hill, Daniel Harvey, 1821–89, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. York District, S.C. He served in the Mexican War but resigned from the army in 1849. He was professor of…Gwathmey, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Gwathmey, RobertGwathmey, Robertgwăthˈmē [key], 1903–88, American painter, b. Richmond, Va. Gwathmey taught at Cooper Union from 1942 to 1968. Among the first white artists to portray…Haida
(Encyclopedia) HaidaHaidahīˈdə [key], Native North Americans living primarily on the Queen Charlotte Islands, off British Columbia, and on the southern end of the Prince of Wales Island, off Alaska.…Marat, Jean Paul
(Encyclopedia) Marat, Jean PaulMarat, Jean PaulzhäN pōl märäˈ [key], 1743–93, French revolutionary, b. Switzerland. He studied medicine in England, acquired some repute as a doctor in London and…NASCAR
(Encyclopedia) NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla., in 1948 and…Jordan, Michael Jeffrey
(Encyclopedia) Jordan, Michael Jeffrey, 1963–, American basketball player, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. As a freshman at the Univ. of North Carolina, he made the shot that won the 1982 National Collegiate…Caen
(Encyclopedia) Caen Caen käN [key], city, capital of Calvados dept., N France, in Normandy, on the Orne…Trending
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