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Frankel, Zecharias

(Encyclopedia) Frankel, ZechariasFrankel, Zechariaszĕkərīˈəs frängˈkəl [key], 1801–75, Jewish theologian, b. Prague. Frankel believed that only through an appreciation of the historical development…

Al-Fasi, Isaac ben Jacob ha-Kohen

(Encyclopedia) Al-Fasi, Isaac ben Jacob ha-KohenAl-Fasi, Isaac ben Jacob ha-Kohenäl-fäˈsē [key], 1013–1103, prominent Jewish Talmudic scholar of the very late Gaonic period, b. near Fès, N Africa. He…

Frankel, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Frankel, Charles, 1917–79, American philosopher, b. New York City, grad. Columbia 1937, Ph.D., 1946. A teacher at Columbia since 1939, he became Old Dominion professor of philosophy…

Kenneth Frankel 1998 Deaths

Kenneth Frankeldirector Obie Award-winning director of Simon Gray's Quartermaine's TermsBorn: 1942?Died: 1998Douglas V. FowleyA - FMary Frann

Martin R. Frankel, 1999 News

45, fugitive financier, allegedly bilked insurance companies of more than $200 million, pulling off the biggest insurance scam in the country's history. With investigators closing in on him…

Outstanding Trainer

Outstanding TrainerYear 1971 Charlie Whittingham1972 Lucien Laurin1973 H. Allen Jerkens1974 Sherill Ward1975 Steve DiMauro1976 Laz Barrera1977 Laz Barrera1978 Laz Barrera1979 Laz Barrera1980…

Cuban Missile Crisis

(Encyclopedia) Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962, major cold war confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. In response to the Bay of Pigs Invasion and other American actions against Cuba…

Ovid

(Encyclopedia) Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)Ovidŏvˈĭd [key], 43 b.c.–a.d. 18, Latin poet, b. Sulmo (present-day Sulmona), in the Apennines. Although trained for the law, he preferred the company of the…

Mary Frann 1998 Deaths

Mary FrannAge: 55 television and movie actress most recognized for her role as Bob Newhart's wife on the series Newhart. The show chronicled the lives of a couple who move to Vermont to run a…