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Lara Croft

The heroine of Eidos Interactive's video game Tomb Raider, Lara Croft is an animated archeologist adventurer in the vein of Indiana Jones. Buff, buxom and brainy, Croft uses wits and weapons to beat…

Burnet, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Burnet, Thomas, c.1635–1715, English cleric and scientist, b. Croft, in Yorkshire, England. He was educated at Northallerton and Cambridge. Following travels in Europe, Burnet…

Brewer's: Goodman's Croft

A strip of ground or corner of a field formerly left untilled, in Scotland, in the belief that unless some such place were left, the spirit of evil would damage the crop. “Scotchmen still…

Brewer's: Knox's Croft

in Gifford Gate, Haddington; so called because it was the birthplace of John Knox. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knuckle-dusterKnowledge-box A B C D E…

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Director:Simon WestWriters:Patrick Massett, John ZinmanParamount Pictures; PG-13; 105 minutesRelease:6/01Cast:Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Iain Glen There's no doubt about it: Angelina Jolie…

Herbert of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia) Herbert of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron, 1583–1648, English philosopher, poet, and diplomat; elder brother of George Herbert, the metaphysical poet. He was ambassador to France…

Herbert, George

(Encyclopedia) Herbert, George, 1593–1633, one of the English metaphysical poets. Of noble family, he was the brother of Baron Herbert of Cherbury. He was graduated from Cambridge. His early…

Herbert, Victor

(Encyclopedia) Herbert, Victor, 1859–1924, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, studied at the Stuttgart Conservatory. In 1886 the Metropolitan Opera Company engaged his wife, Therese…

Herbert, Mary

(Encyclopedia) Herbert, Mary: see Pembroke, Mary Herbert, countess of.