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Schreiner, Olive
(Encyclopedia) Schreiner, OliveSchreiner, Oliveshrīˈnər [key], pseud. Ralph Iron, 1855–1920, South African author and feminist, b. Wittebergen Reserve, Cape Colony. After several years as a governess…Iron, Ralph
(Encyclopedia) Iron, Ralph: see Schreiner, Olive.Kerrville
(Encyclopedia) KerrvilleKerrvillekûrˈvĭl [key], city (1990 pop. 17,384), seat of Kerr co., S central Tex., on the Guadalupe River; settled 1846, inc. 1942. Kerrville has an active livestock industry…olive
(Encyclopedia) olive, common name for the Oleaceae, a family of trees and shrubs (including climbing forms) of warm temperate climates and of the Old World tropics, especially Asia and the East…olive oil
(Encyclopedia) olive oil, pale yellow to greenish oil obtained from the pulp of olives by separating the liquids from solids. Olive oil was used in the ancient world for lighting, in the preparation…Fremstad, Olive Nayan
(Encyclopedia) Fremstad, Olive NayanFremstad, Olive Nayanfrĕmˈstăd [key], 1871–1951, Swedish-American soprano; pupil of Lilli Lehmann. She came to the United States as a child. After her European…Brewer's: Olive
(2 syl.). Sacred to Pallas Athene. (See Olive-Tree.) EMBLEM of (1) Chastity. In Greece the newly-married bride wore an olive-garland; with us the orange-blossom is more usual. (2)…Brewer's: Oliver
Son and heir of Sir Rowland de Boys, who hated his youngest brother Orlando, and persuaded him to try a wrestling match with a professed wrestler, hoping thus to kill his brother; but when…Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks was a neurologist and lecturer who wrote about the peculiarities of the brain, in books such as Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. With a medical degree from Queen's…Oliver North
Oliver North is a media personality whose fame stems from lying while under oath to the United States Congress when he was at the center of the Iran-Contra scandal of the Ronald Reagan administration…Trending
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