(Encyclopedia) Sebald, W. G. (Winfried Georg Maximilian Sebald), 1944–2001, German novelist, grad. Freiburg Univ. (1965). Sebald's novels are dense, elegiac, and meditative. They mingle fiction with…
HIGGINSON, Stephen, a Delegate from Massachusetts; born in Salem, Mass., November 28, 1743; attended the common schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits and was an active and successful…
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(George Gordon Battle Liddy), 1930-2021, American political operative and
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(Encyclopedia) Wells, H. G. (Herbert George Wells), 1866–1946, English author. Although he is probably best remembered for his works of science fiction, he was also an imaginative social thinker,…
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STEPHENS Philander , a Representative from Pennsylvania;
born near Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pa., in 1788;
received a limited education;
engaged in agricultural and mercantile pursuits;…
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