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British (Wimbledon) Champions: Doubles—Women

Doubles—Women1913Winifred McNair–Dora Boothby1914 Agatha Morton–Elizabeth Ryan1919–23Suzanne Lenglen–Elizabeth Ryan1924 Hazel Wightman–Helen Wills1925Suzanne Lenglen–Elizabeth Ryan1926Mary…

Eisenstaedt, Alfred

(Encyclopedia) Eisenstaedt, Alfred, 1898–1995, American photographer, b. Dirschau, Germany (now Tczew, Poland). Widely considered the father of photojournalism, he began creating photo essays in…

Yousafzai, Malala

(Encyclopedia) Yousafzai, Malala, 1997–, Pakistani advocate for girls' education. When Islamic militants took control of her native Swat in 2009, she wrote—with the encouragement of her father, an…

Tooker, George

(Encyclopedia) Tooker, George (George Clair Tooker, Jr.), 1920–2011, American painter, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Harvard (A.B., 1942), studied (1943–45) Art Students League, New York City, with…

Cid

(Encyclopedia) Cid or Cid CampeadorCidsĭd, Span. thēᵺ kämpāäᵺōrˈ [key] [Span.,=lord conqueror], d. 1099, Spanish soldier and national hero, whose real name was Rodrigo (or Ruy) Díaz de Vivar. Under…

Flagler, Henry Morrison

(Encyclopedia) Flagler, Henry Morrison, 1830–1913, American financier and real-estate developer, b. Hopewell, near Canandaigua, N.Y. As a youth he struck out for himself in Ohio. After trying the…

farce

(Encyclopedia) farce, light, comic theatrical piece in which the characters and events are greatly exaggerated to produce broad, absurd humor. Early examples of farce can be found in the comedies of…