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Jameson, Anna Brownell (Murphy)
(Encyclopedia) Jameson, Anna Brownell (Murphy)Jameson, Anna Brownell (Murphy)jāˈməsən [key], 1794–1860, English essayist, b. Dublin. The diary of her travels on the Continent as governess to a…Bosboom-Toussaint, Anna Louisa Geertruida
(Encyclopedia) Bosboom-Toussaint, Anna Louisa GeertruidaBosboom-Toussaint, Anna Louisa Geertruidaäˈnä l&oomacr;ēˈzä hārtroiˈdä bôsˈbōm-t&oobreve;săNˈ [key], 1812–86, Dutch novelist. She…Barbauld, Anna Letitia (Aikin)
(Encyclopedia) Barbauld, Anna Letitia (Aikin)Barbauld, Anna Letitia (Aikin)bärˈbôld [key], 1743–1825, English poet and editor. In 1774 she married Rochemont Barbauld and with him opened a boarding…Peter II, czar of Russia
(Encyclopedia) Peter II, 1715–30, czar of Russia (1727–30). A grandson of Peter I and the son of the czarevich Alexis, he succeeded on the death of Catherine I. He was too young to rule, but he…2009 National Board of Review Awards
The National Board of Review includes teachers, actors, writers and movie-production workers. The organization publishes the magazine Films in Review. Find out…Seghers, Anna
(Encyclopedia) Seghers, AnnaSeghers, Annaäˈnä sēgərs [key], 1900–1983, German novelist, whose original name was Netty Reiling Rádvanyi. She won fame with her first novel of social protest, The Revolt…Wong, Anna May
(Lu Tsong Wong) actressBirthplace: Los AngelesBorn: 1907Died: 1961Anna Kingsley Biography
Anna KingsleyPlantation owner and former slaveBorn: 1793Birthplace: Senegal Anna Madgigine Jai was captured in her native country of Senegal in 1806 when she was about 13 years old. She was…Branch, Anna Hempstead
Branch, Anna Hempstead[1875-1937](3)Born at Hempstead House, New London, Conn. Graduated from Smith College in 1897 and from the American Academy of Dramatic Art, in New York City, in 1900…Brewer's: Donna Anna
A lady beloved by Don Ottavio, but seduced by Don Giovanni, who also killed her father, the “Commandant of the City,” in a duel. (Mozart's opera of Don Giovanni.) Source: Dictionary of…