actorBorn: 1/23/1944Birthplace: Breukelen, Netherlands Having spent much of the '70s honing his skill in European cinema, Hauer gained the coveted starring role in Grijpstra en de Gier (1979), a…
(70 meters)MEN Individual: 1. Simon Fairweather, AUS def. 2. Victor Wunderle, USA (113-106); 3. Wietse van Alten, NED def. Magnus Petersson, SWE (114-109). Team: 1. South Korea (Jang Yong-Ho, Kim…
(Encyclopedia) English, Bill (Simon William English), 1961–, New Zealand political leader. First elected to parliament in 1990, English held several ministerial positions and served as leader of the…
publisherBorn: June 17, 1918Died: February 15, 2009 (New York City, USA) Best Known as: publisher Alfred A. Knof, Jr.'s father, Alfred A. Knof, was the founder of…
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(Encyclopedia) Creighton, MandellCreighton, Mandellmănˈdəl krīˈtən [key], 1843–1901, British historian and churchman. He was professor of ecclesiastical history at Cambridge from 1884 until his…
(Encyclopedia) Lovejoy, Elijah Parish, 1802–37, American abolitionist, b. Albion, Maine, grad. Waterville (now Colby) College, 1826, and later studied theology at Princeton. In 1833 he became editor…
(Encyclopedia) Simeon or SymeonSimeonboth: sĭmˈēŏn [key], in the Bible. 1 Second son of Jacob and Leah and ancestor of the southernmost tribe of Israel. He and his tribe are seldom mentioned…
