actorBorn: 1/29/1913Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky This hunky Hollywood leading man and supporting actor tackled many genres—westerns, crime and costume dramas, comedy, and biblical narratives—…
(David Adkins)actor, comedian, producerBorn: 11/10/1956Birthplace: Benton Harbor, Michigan Achieving finalist status as a comedian on Star Search was the first step in show business for this…
director, producer, actorBorn: 12/5/1905Birthplace: Vienna, Austria A stage actor and director in Vienna and on Broadway, Preminger began his Hollywood career by acting in movies in the early 1940s…
(Holly Robinson)actressBorn: 9/18/1964Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The daughter of Sesame Street's original Gordon, this actress came to notice in her various roles in television movies…
(Encyclopedia) De Coster, Charles Théodore HenriDe Coster, Charles Théodore Henridə kŏsˈtər, Fr. shärl tāōdôrˈ äNrēˈ də kôstĕrˈ [key], 1827–79, Belgian author, b. Munich. His collected legends from…
(Encyclopedia) Dablon, ClaudeDablon, Claudeklōd däblôNˈ [key], 1619?–1697, French Jesuit missionary in North America. He went from France to Canada in 1655 and worked first among the Onondaga Indians…
(Encyclopedia) Frank, Glenn, 1887–1940, American editor and educator, b. Queen City, Mo., grad. Northwestern Univ., 1912. He was assistant to the president of Northwestern Univ. from 1912 to 1916. In…
(Encyclopedia) Inge, William RalphInge, William Ralphĭng [key], 1860–1954, Anglican prelate and author. He was fellow of King's College, Cambridge (1886–88), fellow and tutor of Hertford College,…
(Encyclopedia) Grenville, George Nugent Temple, 1st marquess of Buckingham, 1753–1813, British statesman; second son of George Grenville. He sat in the House of Commons from 1774 until 1779, when he…
(Encyclopedia) James, Thomas, 1593?–1635?, English navigator and explorer (1631) of James Bay. Financed by Bristol merchants, he sailed in command of the Henrietta Maria in the spring of 1631 to find…
