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(Encyclopedia)Q: see Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur Thomas. ...Burnett, Chester Arthur
(Encyclopedia)Burnett, Chester Arthur: see Howlin' Wolf. ...Cato Street Conspiracy
(Encyclopedia)Cato Street Conspiracy: see Thistlewood, Arthur. ...Port Arthur, city, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Port Arthur: see Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada. ...Gardner, Ernest Arthur
(Encyclopedia)Gardner, Ernest Arthur: see under Gardner, Percy. ...Monroe, Marilyn
(Encyclopedia)Monroe, Marilyn, 1926–62, American movie actress, b. Los Angeles as Norma Jean Baker or Norma Jeane Mortenson. Raised in orphanages after 1935 and first married at 14, Monroe, who began her career a...Holmes, Sherlock
(Encyclopedia)Holmes, Sherlock: see Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. ...Dance, George
(Encyclopedia)Dance, George, the elder, 1695–1768, English architect. Among his public buildings in London, the most important is the Mansion House (1739–52), an example of the neo-Palladian style. He built the...Brent, Margaret
(Encyclopedia)Brent, Margaret, 1600?–1671?, early American feminist, b. Gloucester, England. With her two brothers and a sister, she left England to settle (1638) in St. Marys City, Md., where she acquired an ext...Sulzberger, Arthur Hays
(Encyclopedia)Sulzberger, Arthur Hays, 1891–1968, American newspaper publisher, b. New York City. He joined the New York Times in 1918 and assisted his father-in-law, the publisher Adolph S. Ochs, succeeding Ochs...Browse by Subject
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