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Derek Taylor Biography

Derek Taylorpublicist, writerBorn: 5/7/1932Birthplace: Liverpool, England Taylor was the Beatles' press agent for a number of years. He traveled with the group on their 1964 world tour,…

Derek Mahon Biography

Derek Mahonpoet, playwrightBorn: 1941Birthplace: Belfast, Northern Ireland In a survey conducted by the Irish Times in 1999, poet Derek Mahon was among the ten most popular writers (living…

Sir Derek Jacobi

Sir Derek JacobiactorBorn: 10/22/1938Birthplace: Leytonstone, East London, England Sir Derek Jacobi's myriad stage roles have included Cyrano de Bergerac, Uncle Vanya, Adolf Hitler, Oedipus Rex, and…

pipal

(Encyclopedia) pipalpipalpīˈpəl [key]: see bo tree.

peepul

(Encyclopedia) peepulpeepulpēˈpəl [key]: see bo tree.

Rechab

(Encyclopedia) RechabRechabrēˈkăb [key], in the Bible. 1 Eponym of the Rechabites. 2 Murderer of Ish-bo-sheth. 3 Father of a worker on the wall.

Li Po

(Encyclopedia) Li PoLi Polē bô [key], Li PaiLi Pailē bī [key], or Li T'ai-poLi T'ai-polē tī-bô [key], c.700–762, Chinese poet of the T'ang dynasty. He was born in what is now Sichuan prov. Most…

Walcott, Derek Alton

(Encyclopedia) Walcott, Derek Alton, 1930–2017, West Indian dramatist and poet, b. Castries, St. Lucia, grad. Univ. of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, 1953. His grandfathers were both white, one of…

Bo Widerberg Biography

Bo Widerberg director Three of Widerberg's films, All Things Fair, Adalen '31 and Raven's End, were nominated for Best Foreign Film Oscars. Raven's End was named best Swedish film of all-…

Brewer's: Bo-tree

A corruption of bodhi or bodhiruma (the tree of wisdom), under which Sakyamuni used to sit when he concocted the system called Buddhism. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…