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Lloyd, Norman

(Encyclopedia)Lloyd, Norman, 1914-2021, American film and TV actor and director, b. Jersey City, N.J, as Norman Perlmutter. Lloyd began his stage career at age 9 appe...

Norman Isles

(Encyclopedia)Norman Isles, Great Britain: see Channel Islands. ...

Chandler, Norman

(Encyclopedia)Chandler, Norman: see under Chandler, family. ...

Norman Wells

(Encyclopedia)Norman Wells, village (1991 pop. 627), Northwest Territories, Canada, on the Mackenzie River, W of Great Bear Lake. It is the center of an oil region. In 1985 a pipeline to the south was completed. ...

Lindsay, Norman

(Encyclopedia)Lindsay, Norman, 1879–1969, Australian cartoonist. Born into an eminent family of Australian artists, Lindsay became chief cartoonist of the Sydney Bulletin in 1901. His vigorous illustrations inclu...

Anglo-Norman literature

(Encyclopedia)Anglo-Norman literature, body of literature written in England, in the French dialect known as Anglo-Norman, from c.1100 to c.1250. Initiated at the court of Henry I, it was supported by the wealthy, ...

Lear, Norman

(Encyclopedia)Lear, Norman, 1922–2023, American television and film producer, director, and writer, b. New Haven, Conn. He wrote for comedians and television shows ...

Geddes, Norman Bel

(Encyclopedia)Geddes, Norman Bel: see Bel Geddes, Norman. ...

Angell, Sir Norman

(Encyclopedia)Angell, Sir Norman, 1872?–1967, British internationalist and economist, whose name originally was Ralph Norman Angell Lane. He came to fame with The Great Illusion (1910, rev. ed. 1933), in which he...

Bel Geddes, Norman

(Encyclopedia)Bel Geddes, Norman gĕdˈēz [key], 1893–1958, American designer, b. Adrian, Mich. as Norman Melancton Geddes. He began his career in 1918 as a scene designer for the Metropolitan Opera. He became k...