(Encyclopedia) Palmer, Nathaniel Brown, 1799–1877, American sea captain and antarctic explorer, b. Stonington, Conn. While on a whaling voyage (1820–21) in the South Shetlands, he commanded the Hero…
(Encyclopedia) Brown, Elmer Ellsworth, 1861–1934, American educator, b. Chautauqua co., N.Y., grad. Illinois State Normal Univ., 1881, and studied at the Univ. of Michigan and in Germany. He taught…
A copper coin, a penny; so called from its colour. Similarly a sovereign is a “yellow boy.” (See Blunt.) To be done brown. To be roasted, deceived, taken in. Source: Dictionary of…
BELL Chris , a Representative from Texas; born in Texas, November 23, 1959; B.J.,
University of Texas, Austin, Tex., 1982; J.D., South Texas University, Houston,
Tex., 1992; journalist; lawyer,…
CARNEY Chris , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa, March 2, 1959; B.S.S., Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, 1981;
M.A., University of Wyoming, Laramie,…
Yes, call me by my pet-name! let me hearYes, call me by my pet-name! let me hear
The name I used to run at, when a child,
From innocent play, and leave the cowslips plied,
To glance up in…
(Encyclopedia) Brown, Ford Madox, 1821–93, English historical painter, b. Calais, France. Although closely affiliated with the Pre-Raphaelites in London, he never joined the brotherhood. Examples of…
(Encyclopedia) Dundee, Angelo, 1921–2012, American boxing trainer, most famous for his work with Muhammad Ali, b. Philadelphia as Angelo Mirena, Jr. After serving in World War II he moved to New York…
means brown barrel. The barrels were browned to keep them from rusting. (Dutch, bus, a gun-barrel; Low German, büsse; Swedish, byssa. Our arquebus, blunderbuss.) In 1808 a process of…
Tina Brownmagazine publisherBorn: 11/21/1953Birthplace: Maidenhead, England Christina Hambley Brown graduated from St. Anne's College, Oxford University, in 1974. After working as a reporter…
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