(Encyclopedia) Ward, William George, 1812–82, English Roman Catholic apologist, educated at Oxford. He became (1834) a fellow at Balliol College, Oxford, and was ordained in the Church of England. At…
(Encyclopedia) Addams, Jane, 1860–1935, American social worker, b. Cedarville, Ill., grad. Rockford College, 1881. In 1889, with Ellen Gates Starr, she founded Hull House in Chicago, one of the first…
(Encyclopedia) Valla, LorenzoValla, Lorenzolōrānˈtsō välˈlä [key], c.1407–57, Italian humanist. Valla knew Greek and Latin well and was chosen by Pope Nicholas V to translate Herodotus and Thucydides…
(Encyclopedia) Burgess, John William, 1844–1931, American educator and political scientist, b. Tennessee. He served in the Union army in the Civil War and after the war graduated from Amherst (1867…
Joe NiekroAge: 61 major league pitcher who won 221 games in 22 seasons. He and his brother Phil won more games (539) than any other pair of brothers in major league baseball history.Died:…
Saparmurat NiyazovAge: 66 president-for-life of Turkmenistan, who ruled the country with an iron grip since it left the Soviet Union in 1990. Referred to as the "the Turkmenbashi" (Leader of…
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by Robert Burns To Mr. M'Adam, Of Craigen-GillanInscribed On A Work Of Hannah More'sTo A Louse, On Seeing One On A Lady's Bonnet, At Church Ha! whaur ye gaun, ye crowlin ferlie…
