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Duncan, Isadora
(Encyclopedia)Duncan, Isadora zdôr´ dng´kn [key], 1878–1927, American dancer, b. San Francisco. She had little success in the United States when she first created dances based on Greek classical ar...Seldes, Marian Hall
(Encyclopedia)Seldes, Marian Hall, 1928–2014, American actress, b. New York City. She studied under Sanford Meisner before making her Broadway debut in Medea (1947). Tall and angular, with a regal bearing and voi...Yesenin, Sergei Aleksandrovich
(Encyclopedia)Yesenin, Sergei Aleksandrovich syrg´ lyksän´drvch ysy´nn [key], 1895–1925, Russian poet. Yesenin was the most popular poet of the early revolution and the object of a considera...Van Vechten, Carl
(Encyclopedia)Van Vechten, Carl vn vk´tn [key], 1880–1964, American music critic, novelist, and photographer, b. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, grad. Univ. of Chicago, 1903. While he was a leading music and dance cri...Macbeth
(Encyclopedia)Macbeth mkbth´ [key], d. 1057, king of Scotland (1040–57). He succeeded his father as governor of the province of Moray c.1031 and was a military commander for Duncan I. In 1040 he killed Dunca...Duncan
(Encyclopedia)Duncan, city (1990 pop. 21,732), seat of Stephens co., SW Okla., in an oil, farm, and cattle area; inc. 1892. There is an oil industry, and electronics, concrete, and apparel are manufactured. During ...Grant, Duncan
(Encyclopedia)Grant, Duncan (Duncan James Corrowr Grant), 1885–1978, Scottish painter, b. Rothiermurchus, Inverness. He studied at London's Westminster School of Art (1902–4) and Slade School (1907–8) and at ...Cawdor
(Encyclopedia)Cawdor kô´dr [key], village, Highland, NE Scotland, SW of Nairn. Cawdor Castle, the earliest remaining piece dating from 1454, was represented by Shakespeare, following tradition, as the scene of ...Glamis
(Encyclopedia)Glamis glämz [key], village, Angus, E Scotland. King Malcolm II died (1034) nearby, and a sculptured cross in the village is known as King Malcolm's Gravestone. Macbeth was thane of Glamis, and the c...Nairn
(Encyclopedia)Nairn nârn [key], town (1991 pop. 7,721), Highland, N Scotland, at the mouth of the Nairn River on Moray Firth. It is a tourist resort and fishing harbor. Other industries include dairy and crop farm...Browse by Subject
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