(Encyclopedia) Seldes, Marian Hall, 1928–2014, American actress, b. New York City. She studied under Sanford Meisner before making her Broadway debut in Medea (1947). Tall and angular, with a regal…
(Encyclopedia) Boece or Boethius, HectorBoece or Boethius, Hectorbōēsˈ, bois, bōēˈthēəs [key], 1465?–1536?, Scottish historian. He studied at the Univ. of Paris, where he knew Erasmus, and in 1498 he…
MAY, William L., a Representative from Illinois; born in Kentucky about 1793; attended the common schools; moved to Edwardsville, Madison County, Ill., and afterward to Jacksonville, Ill.;…
CREIGHTON, William, Jr., a Representative from Ohio; born in Berkeley County, Va., October 29, 1778; was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa.; studied law; was admitted to the bar…
(Encyclopedia) Nemerov, HowardNemerov, Howardnĕmˈĕrôf [key], 1920–91, American poet, novelist, and critic, b. New York City, grad. Harvard, 1941; brother of photographer Diane Arbus. He taught at…
(Encyclopedia) Kirkpatrick, Jeane Duane JordanKirkpatrick, Jeane Duane Jordankûrkpăˈtrĭk, kûrpăˈ– [key], 1926–2006, U.S. public official, b. Duncan, Okla. Originally a Democrat, she was professor of…
cowgirlBorn: circa 1850Birthplace: probably northern Mexico July was born to a family of Seminole Indians and former African American slaves who had left Florida and settled in northern Mexico…
(Encyclopedia) minstrel, professional secular musician of the Middle Ages. The modern application of the term is general and includes the jongleurs. Certain very able jongleurs ceased their…
(Encyclopedia) Thouless, David James, 1934–2019, British physicist, b. Bearsden, Scotland, Ph.D. Cornell, 1958. He was a professor at the Univ. of Birmingham, England (1965–78), Yale (1979–80), and…
Senate Years of Service: 1945-1946Party: DemocratHUFFMAN, James Wylie, a Senator from Ohio; born in Chandlersville, Muskingum County, Ohio, September 13, 1894; attended the public schools;…
