astronautDied: May 3, 2007 (San Diego, California) Best Known as: astronaut in three of NASA's earliest manned space programs The only astronaut to fly…
actorBorn: 9/7/1923Birthplace: London, England Lawford is best known for his many roles as leading man in MGM films of the 1940s and 1950s ( The White Cliffs of Dover, 1944; The Picture of Dorian…
musician, singer, song writerBirthplace: Cleveland, Ohio Harmonica man John Popper wanted to become a musician after seeing the film The Blues Brothers (1980). Popper tried the piano, the cello,…
writerBorn: 23 October 1974Best Known as: popular Indian writer who won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2008 Birthplace: Madras, India Aravind Adiga…
actorBorn: 12/3/1968Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana Actor whose beefy good looks and tendency to star in slapstick comedies belie some solid acting talent. On the one hand, Fraser has starred as…
(Encyclopedia) North, Sir Dudley, 1641–91, English merchant and economist. Agent for the Turkey Company in Constantinople from 1662 to 1680, he returned to England a wealthy man and was commissioner…
(Encyclopedia) Larkin, Oliver Waterman, 1896–1970, American art historian, b. Medford, Mass. Larkin taught at Smith from 1924 to 1964. His major work is Art and Life in America (1949; Pulitzer Prize…
(Encyclopedia) Latini, BrunettoLatini, Brunettobr&oomacr;nĕtˈtō lätēˈnē [key], d. 1294?, Italian man of letters, a diplomat. He introduced French literature to Italy and wrote, in French, Li…
(Encyclopedia) Rainey, Joseph Hayne, 1832–87, first African American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, b. Georgetown, S.C. The son of a free man, he fled to the West Indies during the…
(Encyclopedia) Sherriff, Robert Cedric, 1896–1975, English dramatist. His best-known work is the play, Journey's End (1929), a realistic story about combat in World War I. His other dramas include St…
