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Jewsbury, Geraldine Endsor

(Encyclopedia) Jewsbury, Geraldine EndsorJewsbury, Geraldine Endsorj&oomacr;zˈbərē [key], 1812–80, English novelist. She is remembered as much for her friendship with the Carlyles and other…

Farrar, Geraldine

(Encyclopedia) Farrar, GeraldineFarrar, Geraldinefərärˈ [key], 1882–1967, American operatic soprano, b. Melrose, Mass.; pupil of Lilli Lehmann. She made her debut in Europe (1901) and sang at the…

Ferraro, Geraldine Anne

(Encyclopedia) Ferraro, Geraldine AnneFerraro, Geraldine Annefərärˈō [key], 1935–2011, American political leader, b. Newburgh, N.Y., grad. Marymount College (1956), Fordham Law School (1960). A…

Melrose, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Melrose, city (1990 pop. 28,150), Middlesex co., E Mass., a suburb of Boston; settled c.1629, set off from Malden and inc. 1850. It is chiefly residential. The opera star Geraldine…

Brewer's: Monk

in printing, is a black smear or blotch made by leaving too much ink on the part. Caxton set up his printing-press in the scriptorium of Westminster Abbey; and the associations of this…

A Monk Swimming

Author:Malachy McCourtPublisher:Hyperion The first reaction to Malachy's memoir is inevitably that he's trying to cash in on the fame of his brother, Frank, the writer who…

Thelonious Monk

Name at birth: Thellous Junior MonkThelonious Sphere Monk is considered one of the most important (and eccentric) jazz composers of the century. One of the early practitioners of bebop during the…

Brooks, Geraldine

(Geraldine Stroock) actressBirthplace: New York CityBorn: 1925Died: 1977