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Bakke, Allan

(Encyclopedia) Bakke, Allan: see Regents of the University of California v. Bakke.

Brewer's: Allan-a-Dale

The minstrel of Robin Hood's yeomen. He was assisted by Robin Hood in carrying off his bride, when on the point of being married against her will to a rich old knight. Source: Dictionary…

Cormack, Allan MacLeod

(Encyclopedia) Cormack, Allan MacLeodCormack, Allan MacLeodməkloudˈ, côrˈmək [key], 1924–98, American physicist, b. Johannesburg, South Africa. After studying at the Univ. of Cape Town (B.S. physics…

Cunningham, Allan

(Encyclopedia) Cunningham, Allan, 1784–1842, Scottish author. His collection of The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern (4 vol., 1825) included his own “A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea,” one of the…

Allan Cormack 1998 Deaths

Allan CormackAge: 74 physicist who co-invented the CAT scan. He won a Nobel Prize for medicine in 1979.Died: May 7, 1998.Lisa CooleA - FBeverley Cross

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Poe is one of the fathers of horror literature, with many of his tales being made into movies throughout the years, continuing to give readers and viewers the chills, even after all this time. How…

Edgar Allan Poe Biography

Edgar Allan Poepoet, writer, criticBorn: 1/19/1809Birthplace: Boston Poet, short-story writer and critic considered the father of the modern detective story and one of the most brilliant…

Nevins, Allan

(Encyclopedia) Nevins, Allan, 1890–1971, American historian, b. Camp Point, Ill. After studying at the Univ. of Illinois, he followed a career in journalism until 1927. Teaching at Columbia from 1928…

Pinkerton, Allan

(Encyclopedia) Pinkerton, Allan, 1819–84, American detective, founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, b. Glasgow, Scotland. A cooper by trade, he emigrated to the United States in 1842…