sculptorBorn: 1904 Birthplace: Los Angeles, Calif. Born to Japanese poet Yonejiro Noguchi and American writer Leonie Gilmour, Noguchi was born in the U.S. (a Nisei), but was raised in Japan. He…
(Encyclopedia) Noguchi, Yone (Yonejiro Noguchi)Noguchi, Yoneyōˈnā nōg&oomacr;ˈchē, yōˌnājīrōˈ [key], Japanese poet and critic of Japanese art and poetry. Noguchi traveled and lectured in the…
(Encyclopedia) Noguchi, IsamuNoguchi, Isamuēsäˈm&oomacr; nōg&oomacr;ˈchē [key], 1904–88, American sculptor, b. Los Angeles. The son of a Japanese poet father and an American mother, he was a…
(Encyclopedia) Noguchi, HideyoNoguchi, Hideyohēdāˈyō nōg&oomacr;ˈchē [key], 1876–1928, Japanese bacteriologist, grad. Tokyo Medical College, 1897. He came to the United States c.1900 to work with…
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(Encyclopedia) Tyrwhitt, ThomasTyrwhitt, Thomastĭrˈĭt [key], 1730–86, English scholar. He was noted for his studies of Shakespeare (1766) and for his edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (5 vol.,…
(Encyclopedia) Guy, ThomasGuy, Thomasgī [key], 1645?–1724, English philanthropist, founder of Guy's Hospital, London (1721). As a printer and bookseller, Guy amassed a fortune, which he devoted to…
(Encyclopedia) Newcomen, ThomasNewcomen, Thomasny&oomacr;ˈkəmən, ny&oomacr;kŭmˈən [key], 1663–1729, English inventor of an early atmospheric steam engine (c.1711). It was an improvement over…
(Encyclopedia) Thomas, AmbroiseThomas, AmbroiseäNbrwäzˈ tōmäˈ [key], 1811–96, French operatic composer, studied at the Paris Conservatory, receiving the Prix de Rome in 1832. He later taught…
