Born: 1868 Aspirin—Hoffman, a young German chemist, sought to relieve his father's arthritis pain with a chemical derivative of salicylic acid, a natural painkiller obtained from willow bark.…
(Theresa Paup)actressBorn: 3/20/1957Birthplace: San Diego, California After a career in modeling that began at age 12, this seductive and daring actress made her film debut in The Last Tycoon (1976…
(Encyclopedia) Bunyan, Paul, legendary American lumberjack. He was the hero of a series of “tall tales” popular through the timber country from Michigan westward. Bunyan was known for his fantastic…
(Encyclopedia) Maslow, Abraham HaroldMaslow, Abraham Haroldmăzˈlō [key], 1908–70, American psychologist, b. Brooklyn, New York, Ph.D. Univ. of Wisconsin (1934). He taught at Brooklyn College from…
The Schools of Film ActingMovies and FilmArtists or Stars? The Aesthetics of ActingFilm Acting vs. Theater ActingThe Star SystemThe Schools of Film Acting"The Actor's Director": Priming the Prima…
(Belle Silverman)operatic sopranoBorn: 5/25/1929Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Animated coloratura widely regarded as America's greatest soprano. She has appeared as the heroine in more than 50…
(Encyclopedia) Santos-Dumont, AlbertoSantos-Dumont, Albertoälbĕrˈt&oobreve; sänˈt&oobreve;zh-dümôNˈ [key], 1873–1932, Brazilian aeronaut. The son of a wealthy coffee grower, he was a…
(Encyclopedia) Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2d marquess ofRockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2d marquess ofrŏkˈĭng-əm [key], 1730–82, British statesman. In the early years of the reign of…
