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Guy of Warwick

(Encyclopedia) Guy of WarwickGuy of Warwickwŏrˈĭk [key], English legendary hero, popularized by an anonymous 14th-century rhymed romance. Guy won the earl of Warwick's daughter and saved England from…

Beauchamp, Guy de

(Encyclopedia) Beauchamp, Guy de: see Warwick, Guy de Beauchamp, earl of.

Guy Blache, Alice

(Encyclopedia) Guy Blache or Guy-Blaché, Alice, 1873–1968, French-American filmmaker, b. Paris as Alice Guy. The first woman filmmaker, she directed, produced, wrote screenplays for, or supervised…

Chauliac, Guy de

(Encyclopedia) Chauliac, Guy deChauliac, Guy degē də shōlyäkˈ [key], c.1300–1368, French surgeon. At Avignon he was physician to Pope Clement VI and to two of his successors. His Chirurgia magna (…

Thomas Guy

publisher, philanthropistBorn: 1644Birthplace: London Having begun his career in 1668 as a bookseller, he made a huge fortune printing Bibles. He is best remembered for his philanthropic support of…

Jesse Burgess THOMAS, Congress, IN (1777-1853)

Senate Years of Service: 1818-1829Party: Democratic Republican; Crawford Republican; AdamsTHOMAS, Jesse Burgess, a Delegate from Indiana Territory and a Senator from Illinois; born in…

Guy Fawkes Day

Guy Fawkes Day The anniversary of the famous Gunpowder Plot     Remember remember the fifth of November Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason why…

Johnson, Guy

(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Guy, c.1740–1788, Loyalist leader in colonial New York, b. Ireland. He emigrated to America as a boy and married (1763) a daughter of Sir William Johnson, whom he succeeded as…

Michael C. BURGESS, Congress, TX (1950)

BURGESS, Michael C., a Representative from Texas; born in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., December 23, 1950; B.S., North Texas State University, Denton, Tex., 1972; M.S., North Texas State…