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Sörensen, Sören Peter Lauritz

(Encyclopedia) Sörensen, Sören Peter LauritzSörensen, Sören Peter Lauritzsöˈrən pēˈtər louˈrēts söˈrənsən [key], 1868–1939, Danish biochemist. In 1899 he received a Ph.D. degree in Copenhagen.…

Hughes, Ted

(Encyclopedia) Hughes, Ted (Edward James Hughes), 1930–98, English poet, b. Mytholmyroyd, Yorkshire, studied Cambridge. Hughes's best poetry focuses on the unsentimental within nature. His poems are…

Kramer, Jack

(Encyclopedia) Kramer, Jack (John Albert Kramer), 1921–2009, American tennis player, b. Las Vegas, Nev. He excelled at tennis while still in high school. Kramer and Frederick (Ted) Schroeder won the…

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival

(Encyclopedia) Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, summer dance concert series held annually near Lee, Mass., in the Berkshires. The site, originally an 18th-century farm, was purchased by the American…

Shawn, Ted

(Encyclopedia) Shawn, Ted (Edwin Myers Shawn), 1891–1972, American modern dancer and choreographer, b. Kansas City, Mo. Introduced to dance as physical therapy, he taught ballroom dancing, then…

Plath, Sylvia

(Encyclopedia) Plath, Sylvia, 1932–63, American poet, b. Boston. Educated at Smith College and Cambridge, Plath published poems even as a child and won many academic and literary awards. Her first…

Husing, Ted

sportscasterBirthplace: New York CityBorn: 1901Died: 1962

Koppel, Ted

broadcast journalistBirthplace: Lancashire, EnglandBorn: 2/8/40

Lewis, Ted

entertainerBirthplace: Circleville, OhioBorn: 1891Died: 1971

Mack, Ted

TV personalityBirthplace: Greeley, Colo.Born: 1904Died: 1976