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Harry Potter Haiku

The Harry Potter Haiku Archive, Part IV Wizardry poetry from our readers! On to the Haiku Archive, Parts I, II, III, V, VI, VII, and other kinds of Harry poems! All About…

Harry Potter Haiku

The Harry Potter Haiku Archive, Part VII Wizardry poetry from our readers! On to the Haiku Archive, Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VII, and other kinds of Harry poems! All About…

Lincoln, Mary Todd

(Encyclopedia) Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818–82, wife of Abraham Lincoln, b. Lexington, Ky. Of a good Kentucky family, she was living with her sister, daughter-in-law of Gov. Ninian Edwards of Illinois,…

Harry Potter Haiku

The Harry Potter Haiku Archive, Part II Wizardry poetry from our readers! On to the Haiku Archive, Parts I, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and other kinds of Harry poems! All About…

Mary Ann Dyer Goodnight

Mollyearly settler, philanthropist Born: 9/12/1839Birthplace: Madison County, Tenn. Daughter of a prominent lawyer, Mary Dyer was 14 when the family moved to Texas. After her parents died, she…

Harry Potter Haiku

Harry Potter Haiku by Holly Hartman FROM THE FACTMONSTER: Monster gets the mail likes to read funny haiku writ by Harry fans…

McGrory, Mary

(Encyclopedia) McGrory, Mary, 1918–2004, American journalist, b. Boston, grad. Emmanuel College. McGrory wrote with clarity, lyricism, and wit on the events and personalities of the five decades…

Dr. Mary E. Walker

The Question: I understand that more than 3,400 men and one woman have won the Congressional Medal of Honor. Who was the woman? The Answer: On November 11, 1865, Dr. Mary E. Walker, surgeon…

Mary Queen of Scots

(Encyclopedia) Mary Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart), 1542–87, only child of James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise. Through her grandmother Margaret Tudor, Mary had the strongest claim to the throne of…

Benjamin Gwinn HARRIS, Congress, MD (1805-1895)

HARRIS, Benjamin Gwinn, a Representative from Maryland; born near Leonardtown, St. Marys County, Md., December 13, 1805; attended Yale College and Cambridge (Mass.) Law School; studied law;…