(Encyclopedia) Elizabeth, 1764–94, sister of King Louis XVI of France, known as Madame Elizabeth. Deeply loyal to her brother, she remained in France during the French Revolution, suffered…
(Encyclopedia) Roberts, Elizabeth Madox, 1886–1941, American poet and novelist, b. Perryville, Ky., grad. Univ. of Chicago, 1921. She is best known for her novels and stories of the Kentucky mountain…
(Encyclopedia) Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson)Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson)găsˈkəl [key], 1810–65, English novelist. When she was still an infant her mother died, and she was…
Elizabeth FarnsworthTV news reporter Farnsworth graduated from Middlebury College in 1965 and then earned an MA in history from Stanford University. She has written articles for Foreign Policy, World…
Elizabeth PerkinsactressBorn: 11/18/1960Birthplace: Queens, New York After a successful film debut in David Mamet's About Last Night… (1986), Perkins won accolades for her role opposite Tom…
Elizabeth McGovern
actressBorn: 7/18/1961Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois
McGovern's first appearance in filmâopposite Timothy Hutton in Ordinary People (1980)âwon critical and popular…
Elizabeth Hurley
actress, model
Born: 6/10/1965
Birthplace: Basingstoke, England
Actress and model best known for her modeling contract with Estee Lauder and her relationship with actor Hugh…
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The name I used to run at, when a child,
From innocent play, and leave the cowslips plied,
To glance up in…
(Encyclopedia) Landon, Letitia Elizabeth, pseud. L.E.L., 1802–38, English poet and novelist. Although no longer highly regarded, she was one of the best-known and popular literary figures of her day…
(Encyclopedia) Lease, Mary Elizabeth, 1853–1933, American agrarian reformer and temperance advocate, b. Ridgeway, Pa. The daughter of an Irish political refugee, she first gained recognition for a…
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