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Gunn, Thom

(Encyclopedia) Gunn, Thom (Thomson William Gunn), 1929–2004, Anglo-American poet, b. Gravesend, Kent, England, grad. Trinity College, Cambridge (1953). Gunn published his first volume of poems, the…

Avon, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia) Avon, 1st earl of: see Eden, Anthony, 1st earl of Avon.

Pople, Sir John Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Pople, Sir John AnthonyPople, Sir John Anthonypōpˈəl [key], 1925–2004, British computational chemist. Trained as a mathematician at Cambridge (B.A. 1946, Ph.D. 1951), he worked at…

Panizzi, Sir Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Panizzi, Sir AnthonyPanizzi, Sir Anthonypänētˈsē [key], 1797–1879, British librarian, b. Italy. A political exile, Panizzi settled in England in 1823 and was naturalized in 1832. He…

Comstock, Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Comstock, AnthonyComstock, Anthonykŏmˈstŏk [key], 1844–1915, American morals crusader, b. New Canaan, Conn. He served with the Union army in the Civil War and was later active as an…

Alito, Samuel Anthony, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Alito, Samuel Anthony, Jr. Alito, Samuel Anthony, Jr. əlēˈtō [key], 1950–, U.S. government official and judge, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (…

Anthony Newley Biography

Anthony NewleyAge: 67 multitalented British entertainer who found international fame in film, theater, and music. Among his successes were the 1961 musical Stop the World—I Want to Get Off (…