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O'Brien, Flann
(Encyclopedia)O'Brien, Flann, pseud. for Brian Ó Nualláin or O'Nolan n´ln [key] 1911–66, Irish novelist and political commentator. Born in County Tyrone and raised in Dublin, he studied at University Col...O Nuallaian, Brian
(Encyclopedia)O Nuallaian, Brian: see O'Brien, Flann.Myles na Gopaleen
(Encyclopedia)Myles na Gopaleen: see O'Brien, Flann.O'Brien, William Smith
(Encyclopedia)O'Brien, William Smith, 1803–64, Irish revolutionary. He entered Parliament from Ireland in 1828 and worked for Catholic Emancipation, Irish poor relief, and state support of the Irish Catholic cler...Mackay, John William
(Encyclopedia)Mackay, John William mk´ [key], 1831–1902, American financier, b. Dublin, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in 1840. In 1859 he joined the rush to Nevada, where silver had been discov...McMahon, Brien
(Encyclopedia)McMahon, Brien (James O'Brien McMahon), 1903–52, American statesman, b. Norwalk, Conn. After practicing law, he became a judge in Norwalk, and from 1933 to 1936 he served in the office of the U.S. A...Flood, James Clair
(Encyclopedia)Flood, James Clair, 1826–89, American silver magnate, b. New York City. Having been apprenticed to a carriage maker, he left to join the California gold rush in 1849. The following year he returned ...Gide, André
(Encyclopedia)Gide, André äNdr´ zhd [key], 1869–1951, French writer. He established a reputation as an unconventional novelist with The Immoralist (1902, tr. 1930), a partly autobiographical work in which ...O'Flaherty, Liam
(Encyclopedia)O'Flaherty, Liam l´m fl´hrt [key], 1897–1984, Irish novelist, b. Aran Islands, Co. Galway. Many of his realistic novels have a compassionate interest in troubled people caught in the t...Stanford, Sir Charles Villiers
(Encyclopedia)Stanford, Sir Charles Villiers, 1852–1924, English composer and teacher, b. Dublin, studied in Cambridge, and Leipzig. In 1883 he became professor of music at the Royal College of Music, and in 1887...Browse by Subject
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