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Abbot of Thornton-upon-Humber, in Lincolnshire, was immured in 1443. In 1722, an old wall being taken down, his remains were found with a candlestick,…
Whitman KnappAge: 95 federal judge who led New York City's two-year police corruption investigation that began in 1970. The film Serpico was based on the scandal and the ensuing inquiry by…
Elisabeth Kübler-RossAge: 78 pioneering psychiatrist whose research helped terminally ill patients come to terms with death. Her 1969 bestseller, On Death and Dying, encouraged public…
(Encyclopedia) Lockhart, John Gibson, 1794–1854, Scottish editor, lawyer, literary critic, and biographer; son-in-law and biographer of Sir Walter Scott. A major contributor to Blackwood's Magazine,…
(Encyclopedia) Cecil, Lord DavidCecil, Lord Davidsĭsˈəl, sĕs– [key] (Lord Edward Christian David Gascoyne Cecil), 1902–86, English biographer. He was professor of English literature at Oxford (1948–…
