(Encyclopedia) Beeson, Jack, 1921–2010, American composer, b. Muncie, Ind. Beeson studied at the Eastman School of Music and privately in New York with Béla Bartók. Teaching at Columbia from 1945, he…
(Encyclopedia) Keats, Ezra Jack, 1916–83, American author and illustrator of children's books, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Jacob Ezra Katz. During the Great Depression, he painted murals for the Works…
(Encyclopedia) Kirby, Jack, 1917–94, American comic-book artist famous for the strongly drawn, brilliantly colored, and surprisingly human superheroes and villains he created or co-created, b. New…
(Encyclopedia) Szostak, Jack William, 1952–, American molecular biologist, b. London, England, Ph.D. Cornell, 1977. Szostak has been a professor at Harvard Medical School and a researcher at…
and James. Jewish, Jacob; French, Jacques, our “Jack,” and Jacquemes, our “James.” Jacques used to be the commonest name of France, hence the insurrection of the common people was termed…
WBSunday 9:00–10:00 p.m.Cast:Ivan Sergei, Amanda Peet, Jaime Pressly, Simon Rex, and Sarah Paulson Jack (Peet) and Jill (Sergei) meet cute in their apartment building and sparks fly. The…
Director: Troy MillerWriters: Mark Johnson, Steve Bloom, Jonathan Roberts and Jeff CesarioWarner Bros.; PG; 100 minutesRelease:12/98Cast: Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Mark Addy, Joseph…
(Encyclopedia) Kemp, Jack French, 1935–2009, American politician and government official, b. Los Angeles. He played football while at Occidental College (grad. 1957) and was a professional…
