(Encyclopedia) Field, Rachel, 1894–1942, American writer, b. New York City, educated at Radcliffe. Her books for children include The Cross-Stitch Heart and Other One-Act Plays (1927), Hitty: Her…
(Encyclopedia) Susanna. 1 Heroine of a story told in the Book of Daniel, in a chapter (13) placed in the Apocrypha in the Authorized Version (see Daniel). Two elders attempt to seduce Susanna and are…
(Encyclopedia) Park, Rosemary, 1907–2004, American educator, b. Andover, Mass., grad. Radcliffe (B.A., 1928; M.A., 1929), Univ. of Cologne (Ph.D., 1934). She was instructor in German (1930–32) and…
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(Encyclopedia) Maturin, Charles RobertMaturin, Charles Robertmătˈy&oobreve;rĭn [key], 1782–1824, Irish author. A minister by vocation, he wrote novels in the manner of the Gothic horror tale of…
(Encyclopedia) Bel and the Dragon, customary name for chapter 14 of the Book of Daniel, a passage included in the Septuagint and the Apocrypha. It was written possibly in the 1st cent. b.c. as a…
columnistBorn: 1941 Goodman graduated from Radcliffe College in 1963 and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University for the following year. She has been an associate editor and a columnist at the…
(Encyclopedia) Abed-negoAbed-negoəbĕdˈnēgō [key], in the Book of Daniel, one of the Three Young Men, educated with Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. With his three companions, Abed-…
