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Holiday, Billie

(Encyclopedia)Holiday, Billie, 1915–59, American singer, b. Baltimore. Her original name was Eleanora Fagan. She began singing professionally in 1930, and after performing with numerous bands—especially those o...

McGuinness, Martin

(Encyclopedia)McGuinness, Martin (James Martin Pacelli McGuinness), 1950–2017, Northern Irish political leader, b. Derry. He joined the Irish Republican Army (IRA) as a young man and was active in both its regula...

Cooper, Alexander

(Encyclopedia)Cooper, Alexander: see under Cooper, Samuel. ...

Toynbee Hall

(Encyclopedia)Toynbee Hall: see Barnett, Samuel Augustus. ...

Jeroham

(Encyclopedia)Jeroham jērōˈhăm [key]. In the Bible, Samuel's grandfather. ...

Tuke, William

(Encyclopedia)Tuke, William, 1732–1822, English merchant and philanthropist. He succeeded at an early age to the family business at York in wholesale tea and coffee. He is remembered as the chief founder of the Y...

Thrale, Hester Lynch

(Encyclopedia)Thrale, Hester Lynch, later Mrs. Piozzi pēŏzˈē, pēôtˈtsē [key], 1741–1821, Englishwoman, noted for her intimate friendship with Samuel Johnson. Daughter of John Salusbury, she married (1763)...

Ramah

(Encyclopedia)Ramah rāˈmə [key], in the Bible. 1 Town, NE ancient Palestine, allotted to Naphtali. 2 Town of Asher. 3 Unidentified town of Simeon, called Ramah of the south. It is apparently intended by the Ramo...

Shiloh

(Encyclopedia)Shiloh shīˈlō [key], town, central ancient Palestine, the modern Khirbet Seilun, the West Bank, NNE of Jerusalem. In biblical times it lay in the territory of Ephraim. The Hebrews were, apparently,...

Coleman, Ornette

(Encyclopedia)Coleman, Ornette, 1930–2015, African-American saxophonist and composer, b. Fort Worth, Tex. Largely self-taught, he began playing the alto saxophone in rhythm-and-blues bands. He later developed an ...