(Encyclopedia) Ward, Artemus, pseud. of Charles Farrar Browne, 1834–67, American humorist, b. Waterford, Maine. As a reporter on the Cleveland Plain Dealer, he began in 1858 a series of “Artemus Ward…
(Encyclopedia) Darley, George, 1795–1846, English author and mathematician, b. Ireland. Included among his works are the pastoral drama Sylvia (1827), the poem Nepenthe (1835), a precursor of 20th-…
means brown barrel. The barrels were browned to keep them from rusting. (Dutch, bus, a gun-barrel; Low German, büsse; Swedish, byssa. Our arquebus, blunderbuss.) In 1808 a process of…
Tina Brownmagazine publisherBorn: 11/21/1953Birthplace: Maidenhead, England Christina Hambley Brown graduated from St. Anne's College, Oxford University, in 1974. After working as a reporter…
James Brownsoul singerBorn: 5/3/1933Birthplace: Barnwell, South Carolina Energetic, intense singer best known for his gospel-tinged, rhythm and blues songs that influenced the direction of funk,…
Absence of mind; apparent thought, but real vacuity. The corresponding French expression explains it—sombre réverie. Sombre and brun both mean sad, melancholy, gloomy, dull. Invention…
Dennis BrownAge: 42 Jamaican reggae singer who established his popularity in the 1970s at the age of 12. The “Crown Prince of Reggae” earned a Grammy nomination in 1995 for his album Light My…
Cincinnati, Ohio
Built in 2000 by NBBJ
by Carol M. Highsmith
The American Institute of Architects and Harris Interactive selected Paul Brown Stadium as one of America's Favorite Structures,…
A secret courtship between two legendary poets by David Johnson Elizabeth Barrett Browning and her husband, Robert Browning, led lives suited for leading Romantic poets. Their…
