John R. “Jack” HornerPaleontologistBorn: 6/15/1946Birthplace: Shelby, Montana One of the best known American paleontologists, Jack Horner discovered and named two species of dinosaurs,…
by Aesop The Wolf and the CraneThe Wolf and the SheepThe Eagle, the Cat, and the Wild Sow An Eagle built her nest at the top of a high tree; a Cat with her family occupied a hollow in the…
(See Jack.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Little JohnLittle-Go A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…
Everyone. The older form of everyone was everichon, often divided into every chone, corrupted first into every-john, then into every Jack, then perverted into every man Jack of 'em. “I…
John Rann, a highwayman, noted for his foppery. He wore sixteen tags, eight at each knee. (Hanged in 1774.) “Dr. Johnson said that Gray's poetry towered above the ordinary run of verse as…
In French, “Tout savoir est ne rien savoir.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Jack o' both SidesJack and the Bean Stalk A B C D E F G H I J K L M…
by Aesop The Ass and His MastersThe AntThe Pack-Ass, the Wild Ass, and the Lion A Wild Ass saw a Pack-Ass jogging along under a heavy load, and taunted him with the condition of slavery in…
(Encyclopedia) Sendak, Maurice Bernard, 1928–2012, American writer and illustrator of children's books, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. Largely self-taught, he was widely acclaimed as the 20th-century's most…
Jack Henry AbbottAge: 58 convicted murderer and writer whose prison letters to Norman Mailer were published as the best-selling In the Belly of the Beast (1981). Mailer helped Abbott, who was…
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