(Encyclopedia) Derby wareDerby waredärˈbē [key], English china produced at Derby since about 1750, when William Duesbury opened a pottery there. The china was close in style to contemporary Chelsea…
(Encyclopedia) Esher, Reginald Baliol Brett, 2d ViscountEsher, Reginald Baliol Brett, 2d Viscountbālˈyəl, ēˈshər [key], 1852–1930, English historian and government official. After sitting in…
(Encyclopedia) Port AngelesPort Angelesănˈjələs [key], city (1990 pop. 17,710), seat of Clallam co., NW Wash., on Juan de Fuca Strait opposite Victoria, British Columbia; inc. 1890. A port of entry…
(Encyclopedia) Yarra, river, 115 mi (185 km) long, rising in the Great Dividing Range, S Victoria, Australia, and flowing generally westward through Melbourne to Port Phillip Bay. It is important to…
Queen Elizabeth Celebrates Golden Jubilee 50 years on the throne remembered by David Johnson Only four other monarchs have ruled Great Britain as long as Queen Elizabeth II…
actorBorn: 5/27/1911Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri Film and stage actor who had a respectable screen career, including his most famous role in Laura (1944) before becoming king of horror. Price…
(Victoria Davey Spelling)actressBorn: 5/16/1973Birthplace: Los Angeles The daughter of producer Aaron Spelling, Tori's career began with a 1979 appearance on her father's show Vegas, continued with…
(Encyclopedia) De Wint, Peter, 1784–1849, English landscape painter. He was a leading watercolorist. Most of De Wint's landscapes are distinctly English in subject and treatment, Lincolnshire scenes…
