(Encyclopedia) Glaisher, JamesGlaisher, Jamesglāˈshər [key], 1809–1903, English meteorologist and balloonist, b. London. He served as superintendent of the department of meteorology and magnetism at…
A showman. So called from “Captain” Podd, a famous puppet-showman in the time of Ben Jonson. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Captain StiffCaptain…
To come Captain Stiff over one. To treat one with cold formality. “I shouldn't quite come Captain Stiff over him.” —S. Warren: Ten Thousand a Year. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…
(Encyclopedia) Audubon, John JamesAudubon, John Jamesôˈdəbŏn [key], 1785–1851, American ornithologist, b. Les Cayes, Santo Domingo (now Haiti). The illegitimate son of a French sea captain and…
Anonymous Tell us about your work -- what do you do? I am employed by the City of Tallahassee Fire Department . I hold the position of Fire Captain. For…
television directorDied: February 10, 2008 (Manhattan, New York) Best Known as: television director of "Live From Lincoln Center" Kirk Browning started out…
(A). A Brummagem captain; a “General von Poffenburgh.” Michael Perez is so called in Rule a Wife and have a Wife, by Beaumont and Fletcher. “To this copper-captain was confided the command…
Kirk Douglas(Issur Danielovitch)actorBorn: 12/9/1916Birthplace: Amsterdam, New York One of the top male stars of post-World War II Hollywood, he is best known for the driving intensity he…
(Encyclopedia) Cook, James, 1728–79, English explorer and navigator. The son of a Yorkshire agricultural laborer, he had little formal education. After an apprenticeship to a firm of shipowners at…
The commander-in-chief of the mummers of Plough Monday. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Captain Copperthorne's CrewCaptain A B C D E F G H I J K L…
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