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Pausanias, geographer of ancient Greece

(Encyclopedia) Pausanias, fl. a.d. 150, traveler and geographer, probably b. Lydia. His Description of Greece is an invaluable source for the topography, monuments, and legends of ancient Greece.…

Jones, Mary Harris

(Encyclopedia) Jones, Mary Harris, 1830–1930, American labor agitator, called Mother Jones, b. Ireland. Interested in the labor movement for many years, she became active in it after the death of her…

Seuss, Dr.

(Encyclopedia) Seuss, Dr., pseud. of Theodor Seuss Geisel, 1904–91, American author and illustrator of children's books, b. Springfield, Mass, grad. Dartmouth College, studied Lincoln College, Oxford…

Creeley, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Creeley, Robert, 1926–2005, American poet, b. Arlington, Mass. He lived in Asia, Europe, and Latin America and taught at various universities in the United States. With Charles Olson,…

1999 Deaths: G - L

Felix GalimirWilliam (Bill) GardinerW. Arthur Garrity, Jr.William (Pop) GatesGermain GliddenColby GoodwinRaisa GorbachevMeg GreenfieldCalvin GriffithErnest GrossJerzy GrotowskiHowie HaakHuntz…

Pulitzer Prizes: Specialized Reporting

1985Randall Savage and Jackie Crosby (Macon [Ga.] Telegraph and News)1986Andrew Schneider and Mary Pat Flaherty (Pittsburgh Press)1987Alex S. Jones (New York Times)1988Walt Bogdanich (Wall…

Cliff Barker 1998 Deaths

Cliff BarkerAge: 77 a member of Kentucky's "Fabulous Five" which went 36-3 and won the school's first NCAA men's basketball championship in 1948; later that summer Barker and his four…

2002 Deaths: G - L

Uzi GalJohn W. GardnerEmily GenauerHelen GiulianiHarrison Smith GlancyHugh GlosterCliff GormanJohn GottiLois GouldStephen Jay GouldAlfredo GoyenecheAdolph GreenThomas GriffithSteve…

Fielding, Henry

(Encyclopedia) Fielding, Henry, 1707–54, English novelist and dramatist. Born of a distinguished family, he was educated at Eton and studied law at Leiden. Settling in London in 1729, he began…