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Adam Beach

actorBorn: 11/11/1972Birthplace: Ashern, Manitoba, Canada Adam Beach was born a Saulteaux Indian (part of the Ojibwa Nation) and lived on the Dog Creek Indian Reservation in Manitoba until the…

Charles Robin BRITT, Congress, NC (1942)

BRITT, Charles Robin, a Representative from North Carolina; born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., June 29, 1942; educated in Asheville, N.C. schools; graduated, Enka High School, Asheville…

The Witches: Halloween Movies

Rowan Atkinson stars in The Witches by Beth Rowen The Witches   PG   Based on Roald Dahl's novel The Witches, the film features…

Henry, Alexander

(Encyclopedia) Henry, Alexander, two fur traders, uncle and nephew, of the Old Northwest, each of whom left a valuable journal of his travels and experiences. Alexander Henry, the elder, 1739–1824, b…

Gombrowicz, Witold

(Encyclopedia) Gombrowicz, WitoldGombrowicz, Witoldvēˈtōld gŏmbrōˈvĭch [key], 1904–69, Polish writer. Gombrowicz is recognized as an original satirist, an existential innovator who mingled the real…

Mantel, Dame Hilary

(Encyclopedia) Mantel, Dame Hilary, 1952–, English novelist, b. Hilary Mary Thompson. After working as a social worker, she moved to Botswana with her geologist husband and later to Jiddah, Saudi…

Kelvin, William Thomson, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia) Kelvin, William Thomson, 1st Baron, 1824–1907, British mathematician and physicist, b. Belfast. He was professor of natural philosophy at the Univ. of Glasgow (1846–99). He is known…

Toombs, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Toombs, Robert, 1810–85, American statesman, Confederate leader, b. Wilkes co., Ga. A successful lawyer in Georgia, he entered politics as a Whig, serving in the state legislature and…