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Delavigne, Casimir
(Encyclopedia) Delavigne, CasimirDelavigne, Casimirkäzēmērˈ dəlävēˈnyə [key], 1793–1843, French dramatist, poet, and satirist. His first publication, a verse diatribe against the Restoration, Les…Amiel, Henri Frédéric
(Encyclopedia) Amiel, Henri FrédéricAmiel, Henri FrédéricäNrēˈ frādārēkˈ ämyĕlˈ [key], 1821–81, Swiss critic. He was unsuccessful and unnoticed during his life, but the posthumous publication of his…Scott, Duncan Campbell
(Encyclopedia) Scott, Duncan Campbell, 1862–1947, Canadian poet, b. Ottawa. He was a civil servant in the Dept. of Indian Affairs from 1879 to 1932, becoming its head in 1913. Scott began publication…Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
(Encyclopedia) Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, at Stanford, Calif. It was established in 1919 as the Hoover War Library by Herbert Hoover to extend his collection of documents of…Percy, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Percy, Thomas, 1729–1811, English antiquary and churchman, b. Shropshire. In 1782 he became Protestant bishop of Dromore (Ireland). He achieved literary fame as the editor of the…Aldrovandi, Ulisse
(Encyclopedia) Aldrovandi, UlisseAldrovandi, Ulisse&oomacr;lēsˈsā äldrōvänˈdē [key], 1522–1605, Italian naturalist, professor at the Univ. of Bologna. He instigated the establishment (1567) of…Abbott, Grace
(Encyclopedia) Abbott, Grace, 1878–1939, American social worker, b. Grand Island, Nebr. She did notable work as director (1921–34) of the Child Labor Division of the U.S. Children's Bureau. The Child…Ellsberg, Daniel
(Encyclopedia) Ellsberg, Daniel, 1931–2023, American political activist, b. Chicago, grad. Columbia Univ. (B.S., 1952, Ph.D., 1959). After serving in…The Prospect/FP Top 20 Public Intellectuals, 2008
Who are the world's leading public intellectuals? Foreign Policy and Britain's Prospect magazine selected their top 100, and invited readers to vote for their top twenty. Here was…Expenditure per Pupil in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
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