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Barnes Foundation

(Encyclopedia) Barnes Foundation, museum and arborteum in Merion and Philadelphia, Pa. Founded in 1922, it houses the impressive art collection amassed by Albert Coombs Barnes, 1872–1951, a wealthy…

Barnes, Djuna

(Encyclopedia) Barnes, DjunaBarnes, Djunaj&oomacr;nˈə [key], 1892–1982, American author, b. Cornwall, N.Y. She is best known for her modernist novel Nightwood (1936), which, in its sense of…

Barnes, Albert

(Encyclopedia) Barnes, Albert, 1798–1870, American Presbyterian clergyman, b. Rome, N.Y. From 1830 he was pastor of the First Church in Philadelphia, mother church of the Presbyterian denomination in…

Barnes

(Encyclopedia) Barnes, former municipal borough, SE England. See Richmond upon Thames.

Berners, Juliana

(Encyclopedia) Berners, Bernes, or Barnes, JulianaBerners, Bernes, or Barnes, Julianabŭrˈnərz, bärnz [key], supposed early 15th-century author of a popular verse treatise on hunting. The treatise is…

Barnes, Julian Patrick

(Encyclopedia) Barnes, Julian Patrick, English author, 1946–. During the 1970s and 80s he was a critic and editor for the New Statesman and New Review, a correspondent for The New Yorker, and a…

Macdui, Ben

(Encyclopedia) Macdui, Ben, or Ben Macdhui, peak: see Ben Macdui, Scotland.