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(Encyclopedia) country music, American popular music form originating in the Southern and Western United States. Country music is directly descended from the folk songs, ballads, and popular songs of…Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent
(Encyclopedia) Beardsley, Aubrey VincentBeardsley, Aubrey Vincentôˈbrē, bĭrdzˈlē [key], 1872–98, English illustrator and writer, b. Brighton. Beardsley exemplifies the aesthetic movement in English…Butler, Joseph
(Encyclopedia) Butler, Joseph, 1692–1752, English bishop and exponent of natural theology. Butler held a series of church offices, ending his career as bishop of Durham. His principle writings are…Thomas James Duncan FULLER, Congress, ME (1808-1876)
FULLER Thomas James Duncan , a Representative from Maine; born in Hardwick, Caledonia County, Vt., March 17, 1808; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced…Richardson, Samuel
(Encyclopedia) Richardson, Samuel, 1689–1761, English novelist, b. Derbyshire. When he was 50 and a prosperous printer, Richardson was asked to compose a guide to letter writing. The idea of…Laud, William
(Encyclopedia) Laud, William, 1573–1645, archbishop of Canterbury (1633–45). He studied at St. John's College, Oxford, and was ordained a priest in 1601. From the beginning Laud showed his hostility…Howard, Michael
(Encyclopedia) Howard, Michael, 1941–, British politician, leader of the Conservative party (2003–5), b. Llanelli, Wales, as Michael Hecht. The son of immigrants (his father changed the family name…1980: Heiden's Gold Heist
The man who won the speed skating equivalent of a sprint, a marathon, and everything in between by John Gettings Related Links 2014 Winter Olympics Speed Skating Through the Years…Brewer's: Arnauts
[brave men ]. Albanian mountaineers. “Stained with the best of Arnaut's blood.” Byron: The Giaour. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Arn-monatArms of England A…Brewer's: Arnold
of Melchthal, patriarch of the forest cantons of Switzerland. He was in love with Matilda, a sister of Gessler, the Austrian governor of the district. When the tyranny of Gessler drove the…Trending
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