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Livingston, Robert R., 1718–75, American statesman and jurist

(Encyclopedia)Livingston, Robert R. 1718–75: see under Livingston, family. ...

Fish, Hamilton, 1849–1936, American politician and government official

(Encyclopedia)Fish, Hamilton, 1849–1936: see Fish, family. ...

cigar and cigarette

(Encyclopedia)cigar and cigarette, tubular rolls of tobacco designed for smoking. Cigars consist of filler leaves held together by binder leaves and covered with a wrapper leaf, which is rolled spirally around the ...

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation

(Encyclopedia)Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation: see National Museum of the American Indian. ...

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

(Encyclopedia)Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, American architectural firm founded in 1936 in New York City by Louis Skidmore (1897–1962), Nathaniel A. Owings (1903–84), and John O. Merrill (1896–1975). The firm...

Hepburn, Katharine

(Encyclopedia)Hepburn, Katharine, 1907–2003, American actress, b. Hartford, Conn. She made periodic stage appearances from 1928 on and debuted in the first of her 43 films in 1932; in her early roles she was usua...

polyp and medusa

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Polyp and medusa stages in the life cycle of Obelia, representative of the phylum Cnidaria polyp and medusa, names for the two body forms, one nonmotile and one typically free swimming, found ...

Henderson, Richard, American colonizer in Kentucky

(Encyclopedia)Henderson, Richard, 1735–85, American colonizer in Kentucky, b. Hanover co., Va. An associate justice of the North Carolina superior court (1769–73), Henderson was long interested in Western lands...

Taylor, Elizabeth, Anglo-American film actress

(Encyclopedia)Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932–2011, Anglo-American film actress, b. London. Regarded as one of the world's most beautiful women, Taylor went from child star and typical teenager roles to a series of ladyl...

Amyraut, Moïse

(Encyclopedia)Amyraut, Moïse ămĭrălˈdəs [key], 1596–1664, French Protestant theologian. As pastor of Saumur he won a reputation as a theologian and orator, and he was appointed (1631) to present to Louis XI...