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Chambers, Sir Edmund Kerchever
(Encyclopedia) Chambers, Sir Edmund Kerchever, 1866–1954, English literary critic and Shakespearean scholar. He wrote The Mediaeval Stage (1903), The Elizabethan Stage (1923), Arthur of Britain (1927…Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act
(Encyclopedia) Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act: see Wilson, William Lyne; Gorman, Arthur Pue.Honegger, Arthur
(Encyclopedia) Honegger, ArthurHonegger, Arthurhŭnˈēgər, Fr. ärtür ônāgĕrˈ [key], 1892–1955, Swiss-French composer, studied at the conservatories of Zürich and Paris. One of the group of Parisian…Evans, Sir Arthur John
(Encyclopedia) Evans, Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist. He was (1884–1908) keeper of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford. From 1900 to 1935 he conducted excavations on the Greek island of…Fiedler, Arthur
(Encyclopedia) Fiedler, Arthur, 1894–1979, American conductor, b. Brookline, Mass. Fiedler, who ultimately became a grandfatherly American musical icon, studied violin with his father, a member of…Penn, Arthur Hiller
(Encyclopedia) Penn, Arthur Hiller, 1922–2010, American director, brother of Irving Penn, b. Philadelphia; studied Black Mountain College and the Actors' Studio, Los Angeles. Penn, who often dealt…Frelinghuysen, Frederick Theodore
(Encyclopedia) Frelinghuysen, Frederick TheodoreFrelinghuysen, Frederick Theodorefrēˈlĭnghīˌzən [key], 1817–85, U.S. secretary of state (1881–85), b. Millstone, Somerset co., N.J. He studied law in…Porter, Arthur Kingsley
(Encyclopedia) Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883–1933, American art historian. Interested primarily in medieval and ancient art, Porter revolutionized the understanding of the chronology and diffusion of…Kopit, Arthur
(Encyclopedia) Kopit, Arthur, 1937-2021, American playwright, b. New York, New York, as Arthur Lee Koenig, Harvard Univ. (BS, 1959). Kopit’s parents…Rimbaud, Arthur
(Encyclopedia) Rimbaud, ArthurRimbaud, Arthurärtürˈ răNbōˈ [key], 1854–91, French poet who had a great influence on the symbolists and subsequent modern poets, b. Charleville. A defiant and…