(Edgar Bergren)ventriloquist, comedianBorn: 2/16/1903Birthplace: Chicago A vaudeville performer with a popular night-club act, Bergen, with his sidekick/dummy, Charlie McCarthy, became one of the…
(Encyclopedia) Morris, Wright (Wright Marion Morris), 1910–98, American writer, b. Central City, Nebr. He was for many years professor of English at San Francisco State College (now San Francisco…
(Encyclopedia) Coppard, Alfred EdgarCoppard, Alfred Edgarkŏpˈärd [key], 1878–1957, English author. Almost entirely self-educated, he worked at several clerical positions. His tales, written in a…
(Encyclopedia) Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890–1973, American artist, b. Charlottsville, Va. Macdonald-Wright was among the first Americans to paint in a totally abstract mode. Together with Morgan…
(Encyclopedia) Farrar, Edgar HowardFarrar, Edgar Howardfărˈər [key], 1849–1922, American lawyer, b. Concordia, La. He made his home in New Orleans, where he had a large corporation practice. He was…
(Encyclopedia) Wright, Sewall, 1889–1988, American geneticist, b. Melrose, Mass., B.S. Lombard College, 1911, M.S. Univ. of Illinois, 1912, D.Sc. Harvard, 1915. From 1915 to 1925 he worked in the…
Distributor:National Film Board of Canada Mr. Edgar, a cuckoo clock bird, lives an extremely orderly, yet lonely life, until three orphaned baby birds find their way into his home and his heart.…
(Encyclopedia) Wright, Carroll Davidson, 1840–1909, American statistician, b. Dunbarton, N.H. His varied experience included a term (1872–73) in the Massachusetts senate. As U.S. commissioner of…
