(Encyclopedia) O'Brien, Flann, pseud. for Brian Ó Nualláin or O'Nolan O'Nolanō nōˈlən [key] 1911–66, Irish novelist and political commentator. Born in County Tyrone and raised in Dublin, he studied…
(Encyclopedia) Casanova de Seingalt, Giovanni GiacomoCasanova de Seingalt, Giovanni Giacomokăzənōˈvə, Ital. jōvänˈnē jäˈkōmō käzänōˈvä dā sāngältˈ [key], 1725–98, Venetian adventurer, author, and…
ABERCROMBIE, John William, a Representative from Alabama; born near Kellys Creek Post Office, St. Clair County, Ala., May 17, 1866; attended the rural schools; was graduated from Oxford (Ala…
(Encyclopedia) hydrothermal vent, crack along a rift or ridge in the deep ocean floor that spews out water heated to high temperatures by the magma under the earth's crust. Some vents are in areas of…
(Encyclopedia) Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917–96, American jazz singer, b. Newport News, Va. Probably the most celebrated jazz vocalist of her generation, Fitzgerald was reared in Yonkers, N.Y., moving after…
(Encyclopedia) Trinity [Lat.,=threefoldness], fundamental doctrine in Christianity, by which God is considered as existing in three persons. While the doctrine is not explicitly taught in the New…
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Date of Information: 10/25/2022[source] Pres. Luis Lacalle Pou Vice Pres. Beatriz Argimon Min. of…
Senate Years of Service: 1796-1803Party: FederalistHOWARD, John Eager, (father of Benjamin Chew Howard), a Delegate and a Senator from Maryland; born at âBelvedere,â near Baltimore, Md.,…
