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Erskine, Ebenezer
(Encyclopedia) Erskine, EbenezerErskine, Ebenezerûrˈskĭn [key], 1680–1754, founder of the Secession Church in Scotland, minister of Portmoak, Kinross-shire (1703) and of Stirling (1731). He upheld…Browere, John Henri Isaac
(Encyclopedia) Browere, John Henri IsaacBrowere, John Henri Isaacbrouˈər [key], 1792–1834, American sculptor, b. New York City, studied painting in New York under Archibald Robertson and sculpture in…Storey, David
(Encyclopedia) Storey, David (David Malcolm Storey), 1933–, English novelist and playwright, b. Wakefield, Yorkshire. His first novel, This Sporting Life (1960), was a disguised autobiography about…agranulocytosis
(Encyclopedia) agranulocytosisagranulocytosisəgrănˌyəlōsītōˈsis [key], disease in which the production of granulated white blood cells by the bone marrow is impaired. Although the disease may occur…Lecompton
(Encyclopedia) LecomptonLecomptonləkŏmpˈtən [key], small town, Douglas co., NE Kans., on the Kansas River between Lawrence and Topeka. The pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution was formulated (Sept.,…Desnos, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Desnos, RobertDesnos, Robertrôbĕrˈ dĕsnôsˈ [key], 1900–1945, French poet. Among the best-known surrealist poets, he was one of the chief proponents of so-called automatic writing. He…tempo
(Encyclopedia) tempo [Ital.,=time], in music, the speed of a composition. The composer's intentions as to tempo are conventionally indicated by a set of Italian terms, of which the principal ones are…Carte, Richard D'Oyly
(Encyclopedia) Carte, Richard D'OylyCarte, Richard D'Oylydoiˈlē kärt [key], 1844–1901, English impresario. His choice of presentations did much to raise the level of English musical theater. In 1875…Adolfo
(Encyclopedia) Adolfo, 1923-2021, Cuban-American fashion designer, b. Havana, Cuba, as Adolfo Sardiña. Adolfo came to New York in the 1950s, originally working as a milliner (hat maker/…Hamlin, Hannibal
(Encyclopedia) Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809–91, Vice President of the United States (1861–65), b. Paris, Maine. Admitted to the bar in 1833, he practiced at Hampden, Maine. He was a Maine legislator (1836–…Trending
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