A New Chapter by Ann-Marie Imbornoni When Lewis published The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, he was already 50 years old and still living with Mrs. Moore and his brother,…
Senate Years of Service: 1987-1993Party: DemocratADAMS, Brockman (Brock), a Representative and a Senator from Washington; born in Atlanta, Ga., on January 13, 1927; attended the public schools…
First LadyBorn: 8/18/1927Birthplace: Plains, Georgia Rosalynn Smith Carter has long championed the rights of women, children, and the mentally ill. As first lady, she served as honorary chair of…
(Encyclopedia) LlandaffLlandaffhlänˈdäf, lănˈdăf [key] or LlandafLlandafhländävˈ [key], section of Cardiff, S Wales, on the Taff River. According to tradition, St. Teilo founded a church there in the…
(Encyclopedia) LlanelliLlanellihlänĕhlˈē, lănĕthˈlē [key], town (1981 pop. 45,336), Carmarthenshire, S Wales, on the estuary of the Loughor (Burry) River. The town's industries include tin-plate…
(Encyclopedia) Lloyd, David, c.1656–1731, political leader in colonial Pennsylvania, b. Wales. Having been commissioned attorney general of Pennsylvania by William Penn, Lloyd arrived in Philadelphia…
(Encyclopedia) Machen, ArthurMachen, Arthurmăkˈən [key], 1863–1947, British author, b. Wales. He wrote a series of semiautobiographical fantasies, notably The Hill of Dreams (1907) and Far Off Things…
(Encyclopedia) p'Bitek, Okot, 1931–82, Ugandan writer and anthropologist. Educated at the Univ. of Bristol, University College of Wales, and Oxford, p'Bitek is best known for three verse novels, Song…
(Encyclopedia) Everest, Sir GeorgeEverest, Sir Georgeēvˈrəst [key], 1790–1866, British surveyor, b. Breconshire, Wales. He worked on the trigonometrical survey of India from 1806 to 1843. He became…