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Gore, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Gore, Charles, 1853–1932, English prelate and theologian. As the first principal (1884–93) of Pusey House, a theological center at Oxford, he was a leading figure in the High Church…

Oman, Sir Charles William Chadwick

(Encyclopedia) Oman, Sir Charles William ChadwickOman, Sir Charles William Chadwickōˈmən [key], 1860–1946, British historian, b. India, educated at Oxford under William Stubbs. He was a foremost…

Blumberg, Baruch Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Blumberg, Baruch Samuel, 1925–2011, American biochemist and medical anthropologist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., B.S. Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., 1946, M.D. Columbia, 1951, Ph.D. Oxford,…

Iraq Crisis: Who's Who

Who's Who in the Iraq Crisis From al-Sahaf to Wolfowitz by Beth Rowen Who's Who John Abizaid Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf Kofi Annan Tariq Aziz José María…

Iris Murdoch

writerBorn: 7/15/1919Birthplace: Dublin important British writer whose 27 novels included The Bell (1958) and The Sea, the Sea (1978), for which she won the Booker Prize. In 1987 she was made a…

Charles Handy

management educator, writerBorn: 1932Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland After studying at Oxford and becoming a manager at Shell Petroleum from 1956–65, he became an economist in London. He taught at the…

E. H. Gombrich

scientist, writerBorn: 3/30/1909Birthplace: Vienna, Austria Vienna-born polymath who wrote about subjects ranging from classical music to psychology to white ants. But he's best known for his…

John Eager HOWARD, Congress, MD (1752-1827)

Senate Years of Service: 1796-1803Party: FederalistHOWARD, John Eager, (father of Benjamin Chew Howard), a Delegate and a Senator from Maryland; born at ‘Belvedere,’ near Baltimore, Md.,…