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Notable Cuban Biographies, A-Z

Raul Castro, president of Cuba. Source: Ismael Francisco, Cubadebate via AP Biographies by Category: Athletes Film, Television, and Theater Personalities Leaders and…

Bogdanovich, Peter

(Encyclopedia) Bogdanovich, Peter, 1939 - 2021, American film director, actor, and critic, b. Kingston, N.Y. Bogdanovich was the son of Serbian…

turtle

(Encyclopedia) turtle, a reptile of the order Chelonia, with strong, beaked, toothless jaws and, usually, an armorlike shell. The shell normally consists of bony plates overlaid with horny shields.…

Selected Activists and Reformers

Sojourner Truth See also Martin Luther King, Jr., Biography Martin Luther King, Jr., Timeline African-American Religious Leaders Civil Rights Leaders Civil Rights Movement…

aster

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Cross section of a sunflower, a member of the aster family aster [Gr.,=star], common name for the Asteraceae (Compositae), the aster family, in North America, name for plants…

Wilson, Edmund

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Edmund, 1895–1972, American critic and author, b. Red Bank, N.J. grad. Princeton, 1916. He is considered one of the most important American literary and social critics of the…

I-M

Jovita IdarSamuel Elmer ImesTopa IncaIshiDaniel “Chappie” James, Jr.Mae C. JemisonGish Jen Thomas L. JenningsFrederick McKinley JonesBarbara Charline JordanPercy Lavon JulianJohanna July Betty Mae…

DK Nature: Flowering Plants

WHAT IS INSIDE A FLOWER? WHY ARE GRASSES SO IMPORTANT? CLASSIFICATION: TYPES OF FLOWERING PLANTSCLASSIFICATION: MONOCOTYLEDONS AND DICOTYLEDONS POLLINATIONSEEDSFIND OUT MOREThis is the most abundant…

Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3d Viscount

(Encyclopedia) Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3d Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman. His viscountcy, to which he succeeded in 1802, was in the Irish peerage and therefore did not prevent him from…