(Encyclopedia) Fox, George, 1624–91, English religious leader, founder of the Society of Friends, b. Fenny Drayton in Leicestershire. As a boy he was apprenticed to a shoemaker and wool dealer. By…
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The 1965 Academy Awards were presented April 18, 1966 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.Best PictureDarling, Joseph Janni, producer (Embassy Pictures Corp.)Doctor Zhivago, Carlo Ponti,…
(Encyclopedia) Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns Eliot), 1888–1965, American-British poet and critic, b. St. Louis, Mo. One of the most distinguished literary figures of the 20th cent., T. S. Eliot won…
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