(Encyclopedia) Hesburgh, Theodore Martin, 1917–2015, American educator and civil rights advocate, b. Syracuse, N.Y., grad. Pontifical Gregorian Univ. (1939), Catholic Univ. of America (Ph.D., 1945).…
Richard Martin, 52: curator of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, who fused pop culture with art history and examined fashion with an intellectual eye.Died: New York…
Billy MartinBorn: May 16, 1928Baseball 5-time manager of NY Yankees; won 2 pennants and 1 World Series (1977); also managed Minnesota, Detroit, Texas and Oakland; played on 5 Yankee world…
Gerald MartinAge: 55 well-respected reporter for The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C. who covered stock car racing for three decades; praised by peers in the media as well as drivers and…
Steve Martinactor, comedian, playwrightBorn: 8/14/1945Birthplace: Waco, Texas Emmy and Grammy Award-winning actor, comedian and playwright known for his broad physical comedy and nice-guy screen…
(St.) (See under Summer.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MartineMartin's Running Footman A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…
Martin Short
actor, producer
Born: 3/26/1950
Birthplace: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Short won the lead role in the Toronto production of Godspell (1972–73), but his zany improvisations with the…
Martin Lawrence
actor
Born: 4/16/1965
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
Film and television actor, comedian, director and producer. Appearing in comedy clubs and on cable TV, Lawrence was first…
(Encyclopedia) Saint Martin-in-the-Fields, church in London, England, on Trafalgar Square; built 1721–26 by James Gibbs. It has a Corinthian portico and elaborate spire. It is the prototype for many…
(Encyclopedia) Martin, Saint, c.316–397, bishop of Tours. Born a heathen in Pannonia (in modern Hungary), the son of a soldier, he became a convert and refused to fight Christians. He went (c.360) to…
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