(Encyclopedia) DiskoDiskodĭsˈkō [key], island, 3,312 sq mi (8,578 sq km), in the Davis Strait off W Greenland. It is mountainous (rising to 6,296 ft/1,919 m) and partly glaciated. Telluric iron and…
(Encyclopedia) T'ao Yüan-ming or T'ao Ch'ien, 365–427, Chinese poet. After several bitter experiences in government employment, he became a gentleman farmer. His poems, composed in simple diction at…
(Encyclopedia) Campion or Campian, Thomas, 1567–1620, English poet, composer, and lutenist, a physician by profession. Campion wrote lyric poems that he and other composers set to music. His graceful…
(Encyclopedia) Johnston, Joseph Eggleston, 1807–91, Confederate general, b. Prince Edward co., Va., grad. West Point, 1829. He served against the Seminole in Florida and with distinction under…
(Ruby Ann Wallace)actressBorn: 10/27/1924Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio Emmy Award-winning stage, film and television actress whose Broadway and Off-Broadway performances include A Raisin in the Sun…
actressBorn: 5/7/1923Birthplace: Michigan City, Indiana A versatile stage and screen performer, she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in The Razor's Edge (1946). She is…
(Anthony Williams)musicianBorn: 12/12/1945Birthplace: Chicago A noted jazz drummer in the vanguard of the fusion movement, a combination of rock music and jazz. His band, Lifetime, is considered a…
(Lillie Mae Jones)jazz and blues singerBorn: 5/16/1930Birthplace: Flint, Michigan Grammy Award-winning jazz and blues singer whose career started at the age of 16. Though she did not enjoy fame…
(Encyclopedia) Hill, Benjamin Harvey, 1823–82, American statesman, b. Jasper co., Ga. A highly successful lawyer and Whig politician, he supported the Whig-Democratic alliance that carried Georgia in…
