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Lee, Harper
(Encyclopedia) Lee, Harper (Nelle Harper Lee), 1926–2016, American novelist, b. Monroeville, Ala. A member of an old Southern family and related to Robert E. Lee, she was a lifelong friend of Truman…Louis VII, king of France
(Encyclopedia) Louis VII (Louis the Young), c.1120–1180, king of France (1137–80), son and successor of King Louis VI. Before his accession he married Eleanor of Aquitaine. A controversy with Pope…Ponzi, Charles
(Encyclopedia) Ponzi, Charles or Carlo, 1882–1949), Italian-American swindler. He came to the United States from his native Italy in 1903, then went in 1907 to Canada, where he was convicted of check…1986 Gramophone Awards
ChamberFauré, Piano Quartets nos. 1 and 2, Domus (Hyperion)ChoralJanácek, Glagolitic Mass, Sir Charles Mackerras conducting Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir (Supraphon)ConcertoBeethoven…Abelard, Peter
(Encyclopedia) Abelard, PeterAbelard, Peterăbˈəlärd [key], Fr. Pierre AbélardAbelard, Peterpyĕr äbālärˈ [key], 1079–1142, French philosopher and teacher, b. Le Pallet, near Nantes. A theological…June 2009 Current Events: Business/Science News
U.S. News | World News Here are the key events in business and science news for the month of June 2009. General Motors Files for Bankruptcy, Plans to Close 14 Plants (June 1): General Motors files…Brewer's: Fathers of the Latin Church
Lactantius, Hilary, Ambrose of Milan, Jerome, Augustin of Hippo, and St. Bernard. The last of the fathers. St. Bernard (1091-1153). The schoolmen who followed treated their subjects…Brewer's: Bermudas
To live in the Bermudas, i.e. in some out-of-the-way place for cheapness. The shabby genteel hire a knocker in some West-end square, where letters may be left for them, but live in the…Brewer's: Bernardo del Carpio
One of the most favourite subjects of the Spanish minstrels; the other two being the Cid and Lara's seven infants. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Bernard's…Brewer's: Bernardo
in Dibdin's bootlegbooks (a romance), is meant for Joseph Hazlewood, antiquary and critic (1811). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Bernardo del CarpioBernard…Trending
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