OURY, Granville Henderson, a Delegate from the Territory of Arizona; born in Abingdon, Washington County, Va., March 12, 1825; moved with his parents to Bowling Green, Mo., in 1836; pursued…
(Encyclopedia) Arlen, Michael, 1895–1956, English novelist, b. Bulgaria as Dikran Kuyumjian. The son of Armenian parents, he was brought to England as a child. In 1922 he became a British subject and…
(Encyclopedia) malachitemalachitemălˈəkīt [key], a mineral, the green basic carbonate of copper occurring in crystals of the monoclinic system or (more usually) in masses. It is translucent or opaque…
(Encyclopedia) Rukeyser, MurielRukeyser, Murielr&oomacr;ˈkīsər [key], 1913–80, American poet, b. New York City. Her poetry expresses the beauty and passion in the confrontation between the…
(Encyclopedia) evergreen, term commonly used as synonymous with conifer and applied also to all those broad-leaved plants that bear green leaves throughout the year. Of the latter, most are plants of…
(Encyclopedia) Halleck, Fitz-GreeneHalleck, Fitz-Greenehălˈĭk [key], 1790–1867, American poet, b. Guilford, Conn. He was joint author, with Joseph Rodman Drake, of the humorous lampoons “Croaker…
(Encyclopedia) Smith, Red (Walter Wellesley Smith), 1905–82, American sportswriter, b. Green Bay, Wis., grad. Notre Dame, 1927. After working on newspapers in St. Louis and Philadelphia, he began a…
(Encyclopedia) sphaleritesphaleritesfălˈərīt, sfāˈ– [key], mineral composed of zinc sulfide, usually containing some iron and a little cadmium. It occurs in crystals of the isometric system but more…
(Encyclopedia) Wright, James, 1927–80, American poet, b. Ohio. He studied at Kenyon College and the Univ. of Washington. Wright was the master of an elegant, beautifully controlled style. His early…
(Encyclopedia) Eocene epochEocene epochēˈəsēnˌ [key], second epoch of the Tertiary period in the Cenozoic era of geologic time, from approximately 54.9 to 38 million years ago. The Eocene in North…
