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Graham Greene

actorBorn: June 22, 1952Birthplace: Six Nations Indian Reserve, Brantford, Ontario, Canada Graham Greene began his theatrical career as a sound engineer, made his acting debut on the London stage,…

Green, Duff

(Encyclopedia) Green, Duff, 1791–1875, American journalist and politician, b. Woodford co., Ky. After service in the War of 1812, he settled in Missouri, where he became (1824) editor of the St.…

Green River

(Encyclopedia) Green River. 1 River, 370 mi (595 km) long, rising in central Ky. and flowing generally NW, through Mammoth Cave National Park, to the Ohio River near Evansville, Ind. Locks and dams…

Green, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Green, Paul, 1894–1981, American dramatist, b. Lillington, N.C., grad. Univ. of North Carolina, 1921. He is known for his realistic plays depicting the lives of blacks and white tenant…

green vitriol

(Encyclopedia) green vitriol, the heptahydrate of ferrous sulfate.

Green, Matthew

(Encyclopedia) Green, Matthew, 1696–1737, English poet. His one important poem, The Spleen (1737), marked by its wit, was in praise of the contemplative life.

Green Revolution

(Encyclopedia) Green Revolution, term referring mainly to dramatic increases in cereal-grain yields in many developing countries beginning in the late 1960s, due largely to use of genetically…

green algae

(Encyclopedia) green algae: see algae; Chlorophyta.