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Philip Bond
British Actor
Philip Bond was best known for The Onedin Line, Doctor Who, The Avengers (television show), and Fever Pitch . Bond died while…
(Encyclopedia) Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan Byatt)Byatt, A. S.bīˈət [key], 1936–, British novelist; sister of Margaret Drabble. Educated at Cambridge, Bryn Mawr College, Pa., and Oxford, she is a…
(Encyclopedia) Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844–89, English poet, educated at Oxford. Entering the Roman Catholic Church in 1866 and the Jesuit novitiate in 1868, he was ordained in 1877. Upon becoming a…
African American Facts, Issues (Affirmative Action, Civil Rights Cases, Top Cities) Black History Month is observed every February in the United States. Learn about recent developments in…
(Encyclopedia) Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835–1905, Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, b. “Clermont,” Fairfax co., Va.; nephew of Robert E. Lee. He campaigned against the Comanche in Texas…
(Encyclopedia) Carey, Peter, 1943–, Australian novelist, b. near Melbourne. Carey's combination of science fiction and fantasy motifs with a realistic style, displayed in the short stories in The Fat…
WOODS Frank Plowman , a Representative from Iowa;
born near Sharon, Walworth County, Wis., December 11, 1868;
attended the public schools and the Northern Indiana Normal School, Valparaiso, Ind…
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