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Wood, Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Wood or à Wood, Anthony, 1632–95, English antiquary. His painstaking researches into the history of Oxford resulted in two great works, The History and Antiquities of the University of…

Trollope, Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Trollope, AnthonyTrollope, Anthonytrŏlˈəp [key], 1815–82, one of the great English novelists. After spending seven unhappy years in London as a clerk in the general post office, he…

Sassetta

(Encyclopedia) SassettaSassettasäs-sĕtˈtä [key], c.1400–1450, Italian painter of the Sienese school, whose original name was Stefano di Giovanni. A popular artist, he painted many large altarpieces,…

Fallen Timbers

(Encyclopedia) Fallen Timbers, battle fought in 1794 between tribes of the Northwest Territory and the U.S. army commanded by Anthony Wayne; it took place in NW Ohio at the rapids of the Maumee River…

Canandaigua

(Encyclopedia) Canandaigua Canandaigua kănəndāˈgwə [key], city (2020 pop. 10,576), seat of Ontario co., W central N.Y…

Blatch, Harriet Stanton

(Encyclopedia) Blatch, Harriet Stanton (Harriet Eaton Stanton Blatch), 1856–1940, American labor reformer and woman suffrage leader, b. Seneca Falls, N.Y. A daughter of suffragist Elizabeth Cady…

Daniel Nathans Biography

Daniel NathansAge: 71 geneticist and a pioneer in biotechnology who shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of…

Daniel Libeskind Biography

Daniel Libeskind architectBorn: 1946Birthplace: Lodz, Poland Born in Poland, Libeskind's family immigrated to Israel when he was 11, and then to New York. He studied music seriously as a…