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Herrick, Robert, American novelist

(Encyclopedia) Herrick, Robert, 1868–1938, American novelist, b. Cambridge, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1890. He was professor of English at the Univ. of Chicago from 1893 to 1923. Herrick wrote realistic…

Hershey

(Encyclopedia) Hershey, uninc. city (2020 pop. 13,858), Dauphin co., S central Pa.; founded 1903 as a planned community for workers at the Hershey Corp…

Harington, Sir John

(Encyclopedia) Harington, Sir John, 1560?–1612, English author. He spent most of his career at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, where he became known for his indelicate humor. His Rabelaisian…

Abu al-Faraj Ali of Esfahan

(Encyclopedia) Abu al-Faraj Ali of EsfahanAbu al-Faraj Ali of Esfahanäˈb&oomacr; äl-färajˈ älēˈ, ĕsfähänˈ [key], 897–967, Arabic scholar from Iran. He is mainly known for his invaluable Kitab al-…

Rodbertus, Karl Johann

(Encyclopedia) Rodbertus, Karl JohannRodbertus, Karl Johannkärl yōˈhän rôdbĕrˈt&oobreve;s [key], 1805–75, German economist and conservative socialist. He held several public offices but after…

Saied, Kais

(Encyclopedia) Saied, Kais, 1958–, Tunisian law professor, president of Tunisia (2019–). An authority on constitutional law, he was a professor at the Univ. of Tunis (1999–2018) and has served as…

Barker, Eugene Campbell

(Encyclopedia) Barker, Eugene Campbell, 1874–1956, American historian, b. Walker co., Tex. His distinguished teaching career, begun in 1899, was almost entirely at the Univ. of Texas. An outstanding…

Puerto Rico, University of

(Encyclopedia) Puerto Rico, University of, main campus at Río Piedras, near San Juan; land-grant and commonwealth; coeducational; founded 1903 as successor to a normal school. The Río Piedras campus…

Pabst, G. W.

(Encyclopedia) Pabst, G. W. (Georg Wilhelm Pabst)Pabst, G. W.gāˈôrkh vĭlˈhĕlm päpst [key], 1885–1967, German film director, b. Austria. He used montage in such works of social realism as The Joyless…

Southern California, University of

(Encyclopedia) Southern California, University of, at Los Angeles; coeducational; chartered and opened 1880. The university has a liberal arts college and a graduate school as well as schools of…