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Husain, M. F.

(Encyclopedia) Husain, M. F. (Maqbool Fida Husain), 1915–2011, Indian painter. Often called the Picasso of India, he is known for brightly colored modernist paintings of mythical and religious…

Anthony CAVALCANTE, Congress, PA (1897-1966)

CAVALCANTE, Anthony, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Vanderbilt, Fayette County, Pa., February 6, 1897; attended public schools; served overseas with Company D, One Hundred and…

Anthony Lee COELHO, Congress, CA (1942)

COELHO, Anthony Lee, a Representative from California; born in Los Banos, Merced County, Calif., June 15, 1942; attended the public schools in Dos Palos; B.A., Loyola University, Los Angeles,…

Coetzee, J. M.

(Encyclopedia) Coetzee, J. M. (John Maxwell Coetzee)Coetzee, J. M.köˈtsē [key], 1940–, South African novelist, b. John Michael Coetzee. Educated at the Univ. of Cape Town (M.A. 1963) and the Univ. of…

Leggett, Sir Anthony James

(Encyclopedia) Leggett, Sir Anthony James, 1938–, British physicist, Ph.D. Oxford, 1964. He was a professor at Sussex Univ., England, from 1967 to 1983, when he joined the faculty at the Univ. of…

Rzewski, Frederic Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Rzewski, Frederic Anthony, 1938-2021, American classical composer and pianist, b. Westfield, Ma., Harvard Univ. (B.A., 1958),…

John Anthony DURKIN, Congress, NH (1936)

Senate Years of Service: 1975-1980Party: DemocratDURKIN, John Anthony, a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Brookfield, Worcester County, Mass., March 29, 1936; attended public schools;…

Benn, Anthony Wedgwood

(Encyclopedia) Benn, Anthony Wedgwood (Tony Benn), 1925–2014, British politician, b. London, grad. New College, Oxford. After working for the British Broadcasting Corporation (1949–50), he was…