(Encyclopedia) Sayers, Dorothy LeighSayers, Dorothy Leighsāˈərz [key], 1893–1957, English writer, grad. Somerville College, Oxford, 1915. Taking first-class honors in medieval literature, she was one…
(Encyclopedia) Perpendicular style, term given the final period of English Gothic architecture (late 14th–middle 16th cent.) because of the predominating vertical lines of its tracery and paneling.…
(Encyclopedia) Bryce, James Bryce, 1st Viscount, 1838–1922, British historian, statesman, and diplomat, b. Belfast. After his education at the Univ. of Glasgow and at Oxford, he practiced law in…
(Encyclopedia) Wilberforce, SamuelWilberforce, Samuelwĭlˈbərfôrs [key], 1805–73, English prelate; son of William Wilberforce. In 1845 he became bishop of Oxford. He did not support the Oxford…
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
Date of Information: 10/25/2022[source] Pres. Luis Lacalle Pou Vice Pres. Beatriz Argimon Min. of…
Senate Years of Service: 1796-1803Party: FederalistHOWARD, John Eager, (father of Benjamin Chew Howard), a Delegate and a Senator from Maryland; born at âBelvedere,â near Baltimore, Md.,…
HALLOCK, John, Jr., a Representative from New York; born in Oxford, Orange County, N.Y., in July 1783; member of the State assembly 1816-1821; member of the State constitutional convention in…
FLEMING, John, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Miss.; July 5, 1951; B. S., University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss., 1973; M. D., University of…
comedian, actorBorn: 1/6/1955Birthplace: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England Trained in electrical engineering at Oxford, he is known instead for his physical humor and verbal vitriol in British…
(Encyclopedia) Partridge, Eric Honeybrook, 1894–1979, British lexicographer; b. New Zealand. He studied in Australia and at Oxford, taught briefly in England, and founded a small publishing company.…
