The National Poets of the UK
The Poet Laureate, a member of the royal household, composes poems for state occasions. Carol Ann Duffy became the first woman in the position's 341-year history when…
Find the most popular baby names given each year to boys and girls in the United States from 1880 to the present. Visit the Interactive Baby Name Finder for more popular baby names. Boys…
The Celestial LoveBut God said,
'I will have a purer gift;
There is smoke in the flame;
New flowerets bring, new prayers uplift,
And love without a name.
Fond children, ye desire
To please…
Alvar Aalto
Iorwith Wilbur Abel
Sir Patrick Abercrombie
Henry Carter Adams
Alexander Agassiz
Horace Marden Albright
Maurice Allais
Sir Hugh Allan
Linda Alvarado
Oakes Ames
Othmar Hermann…
Selected Catholic Religious Leaders Mother Teresa See also Roman Catholic Pontiffs People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Christianity Roman…
Scum o' the EarthRobert Haven SchaufflerIAt the gate of the West I stand,
On the isle where the nations throng.
We call them "scum o' the earth";Stay, are we doing you wrong,
Young fellow…
(Encyclopedia) classic revival, widely diffused phase of taste (known as neoclassic) which influenced architecture and the arts in Europe and the United States during the last years of the 18th and…
(Encyclopedia) Alexander III, 1845–94, czar of Russia (1881–94), son and successor of Alexander II. Factors that contributed to Alexander's reactionary policies included his father's assassination,…
(Encyclopedia) Stolypin, Piotr ArkadevichStolypin, Piotr Arkadevichpyôˈtər ərkäˈdyĭvĭch stəlĭˈpĭn [key], 1862–1911, Russian premier and minister of the interior (1906–11) for Czar Nicholas II. He…
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