(Encyclopedia) Mauriac, FrançoisMauriac, FrançoisfräNswäˈ mōryäkˈ [key], 1885–1970, French writer. Mauriac achieved success in 1922 and 1923 with Le Baiser au lépreux and Genitrix (tr. of both in The…
(Richard Bernard Skelton)comedian, actorBorn: 7/18/1913Birthplace: Vincennes, Indiana Skelton's father was a circus clown who died before Red was born. By age 15 Skelton was performing on the…
rock band The Wallflowers have existed as two different bands, both helmed by lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter Jakob Dylan. Dylan, guitarist Tobi Miller, keyboard player Rami Jaffee, bass…
(Encyclopedia) Warren, J. Robin (John Robin Warren), 1937–, Australian pathologist, grad. Univ. of Adelaide (M.B., B.S., 1961). He spent most of his career (1968–99) as a pathologist at the Royal…
Neither Fish nor Tetrapod Several times a year popular science articles breathlessly announce the discovery of a “missing link,” but in the case of the recently identified fossils of an odd…
WIKE, Scott, a Representative from Illinois; born in Meadville, Pa., April 6, 1834; moved with his parents to Quincy, Ill., in 1838 and to Pike County in 1844; was graduated from Lombard…
HALL, Durward Gorham, a Representative from Missouri; born in Cassville, Barry County, Mo., September 14, 1910; graduated from Greenwood High School at Southwest Missouri State University,…
(Encyclopedia) Streep, Meryl, 1949–, American actress, b. Summit, N.J., as Mary Louise Streep. She attended Yale Drama School and appeared in many Broadway and off-Broadway productions during the…
