actor, directorBorn: 9/25/1952Birthplace: New York City Classically handsome film, stage and television actor who became a movie icon as the title character of Superman (1978). Reeve avoided…
actorBorn: 5/27/1922Birthplace: London, England True to the title of his autobiography, Tall, Dark, and Gruesome (1977), Lee has distinguished himself in dark and sinister roles, playing Rasputin…
(Encyclopedia) Dresser, Christopher, 1834–1904, British designer, pioneer of modern industrial design, b. Scotland, He moved (1847) to London, where he studied (1847–54) at the Government School of…
(Encyclopedia) Christopher, SaintChristopher, Saintkrĭsˈtəfər [key] [Gr.,=Christ bearer], 3d cent.?, martyr of Asia Minor. His characteristic legend is that one day when he was carrying a little…
(Encyclopedia) Isherwood, ChristopherIsherwood, Christopherishˈərw&oobreve;d [key], 1904–86, British-American author. After the appearance of his first novel, All the Conspirators (1928),…
(Encyclopedia) Anstey, ChristopherAnstey, Christopherănˈstē [key], 1724–1805, English poet and satirist. He is known chiefly for The New Bath Guide (1766), a series of poetical episodes humorously…
(Encyclopedia) Gist, ChristopherGist, Christophergĭst [key], c.1706–1759, American frontiersman, b. Maryland. Commissioned by the Ohio Company to explore their western lands. In 1750 he descended the…
(Encyclopedia) Fry, Christopher, 1907–2005, English dramatist, b. Bristol as Christopher Fry Harris. Like his friend and mentor, T. S. Eliot, he was one of the few 20th-century dramatists to write…
