(Encyclopedia) Brooke, Rupert, 1887–1915, English poet. At the outbreak of World War I he joined the Royal Naval Division, served at Antwerp, and was in the Dardanelles expedition when he died of…
or Prince Rupert's Drops. Glass bubbles first brought to England by Prince Rupert. Each bubble has a tail, and if the smallest part of the tail is broken off the bubble explodes. The…
(Sir), Devonshire. The legend is that the young wife of Sir Rupert Leigh eloped with a paramour, and the guilty pair, being pursued, were overtaken on the Red Cliff. The woman fell over…
(Encyclopedia) Norton, Eleanor Holmes, 1937–, African-American lawyer and government official. As an attorney (1965–70) for the American Civil Liberties Union, she specialized in First Amendment…
(Encyclopedia) McGuffey, William HolmesMcGuffey, William Holmesməgŭfˈē [key], 1800–1873, American educator, b. near Claysville, Pa. He was graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in 1826,…
Edward Geoffrey, fourteenth Earl of Derby. It was when he was Mr. Stanley, and the opponent of the great O (i.e. O'Connell), that Lord Lytton so describes him. (1799-1869.) The brilliant…
Rupert GarcíaArtistBorn: 1941Birthplace: French Camp, California Contemporary artist Rupert García is known as much for the political power of his work as for his strong, evocative graphics…
Rupert MurdochBorn: Mar. 11, 1931Australian media magnate and Los Angeles Dodgers owner Bought the Dodgers and Dodger Stadium on Mar. 19, 1998 for a reported $350 million.Anthony MunozK -…
Rupert Everett
actorBorn: 5/29/1959Birthplace: Norfolk, England
Well-regarded though somewhat temperamental actor who rescued himself from obscurity with the scene-stealing role of Julia Roberts…
(Encyclopedia) Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809–94, American author and physician, b. Cambridge, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1829; M.D., 1836); father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. He began his medical…
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