(Encyclopedia) Sillanpää, Frans EemilSillanpää, Frans Eemilfräns āˈmĭl sĭlˈlänpăˌ [key], 1888–1964, Finnish novelist. As a young man Sillanpää studied natural science at Helsinki and came under the…
(Encyclopedia) Revilla Gigedo, Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas, conde deRevilla Gigedo, Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas, conde dehwän fränthēsˈkō ᵺā gwāˈmās ē ôrkäsēˈtäs kōnˈdā ᵺā…
band Musician/composers Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, together known as Steely Dan, are known for their eclectic and cynical blend of rock, pop, jazz, blues, and R&B. Meeting at Bard College…
pitcherBorn: September 13, 1980Birthplace: Higashi Tsugaru-gu, Aomori, JapanBest Known as: Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Already one of Japanâs most famous athletes,…
BUDD, James Herbert, a Representative from California; born in Janesville, Rock County, Wis., May 18, 1851; moved to California in 1859 with his parents, who settled in Stockton; attended the…
CARUTH, Asher Graham, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Scottsville, Allen County, Ky., on February 7, 1844; attended the public schools; was graduated from the high school of Louisville…
(Encyclopedia) horseshoe crab, large, primitive marine arthropod of the family Limulidae, related to the spider and scorpion and sometimes called a king crab (a name also used for the largest of the…
(Encyclopedia) Whittier, John GreenleafWhittier, John Greenleafhwĭtˈēər [key], 1807–92, American Quaker poet and reformer, b. near Haverhill, Mass. Whittier was a pioneer in regional literature as…
Ancestor of Mammals Discovered The fossil skull of a 260-million-year-old sheep-sized animal was found near Williston on the Northern Cape, South Africa. It is the most primitive member yet…
