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Tolkien, J. R. R.
(Encyclopedia)Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel Tolkien)täl´kn, tl´– [key], 1892–1973, British novelist, b. South Africa. A fantasy writer and Oxford don, Tolkien wrote The Hobbit (1937), adapted from...Kitaj, R. B.
(Encyclopedia)Kitaj, R. B. (Ronald Brooks Kitaj)kt´ [key], 1932–2007, American painter, b. Chagrin Falls, Ohio. In 1958 he moved to London, where he attended the Ruskin School, Oxford, and the Royal College ...Spalding, Gilbert R.
(Encyclopedia)Spalding, Gilbert R., 1811?–1880, American showman, b. Albany co., N.Y. Known as Doc because he owned a drug and paint store in the early 1840s, he acquired a circus in the mid-1840s and in 1848 for...Donahue, Thomas R.
(Encyclopedia)Donahue, Thomas R. (Thomas Reilly Donahue)dn´hyoo [key], 1928–, American labor leader, b. New York City. A long-time member of the Service Employees International Union, he rose from a posi...Fuller, R. Buckminster
(Encyclopedia)Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster Fuller), 1895–1983, American architect and engineer, b. Milton, Mass. Fuller devoted his life to the invention of revolutionary technological designs aime...Narayan, R. K.
(Encyclopedia)Narayan, R. K. (Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan)nr´yän [key], 1906–2001, Indian novelist, b. Madras (now Chennai). Narayan, who wrote in English, published his first novel, Swami and Friends, i...Laing, R. D.
(Encyclopedia)Laing, R. D. (Ronald David Laing)lng [key], 1927–89, British psychiatrist. After studying at Univ. of Glasgow (M.D., 1951), he taught there (1953–56), later moving to the Tavistock Clinic and In...Ammons, A. R.
(Encyclopedia)Ammons, A. R. (Archie Randolph Ammons), 1926–2001, American poet, b. Whiteville, N.C., grad. Wake Forest College (1949). He began writing poetry while serving in the Navy during World War II, and, a...Hunt, R. Timothy
(Encyclopedia)Hunt, R. Timothy (Richard Timothy Hunt), 1943–, British biochemist, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1968. Hunt was a researcher at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City (1968–81) and a professor...Livingston, Robert R.
(Encyclopedia)Livingston, Robert R., 1654–1728: see under Livingston, family.Browse by Subject
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