Search
Search results
Displaying 431 - 440
London, Jack
(Encyclopedia) London, Jack (John Griffith London), 1876–1916, American author, b. San Francisco. The illegitimate son of William Chaney, an astrologer, and Flora Wellman, a seamstress and medium, he…baboon
(Encyclopedia) baboon, any of the large, powerful, ground-living monkeys of the genus Papio, also called dog-faced monkeys. Five subspecies live in Africa, with one species extending into the Arabian…flea
(Encyclopedia) flea, common name for any of the small, wingless insects of the order Siphonaptera. The adults of both sexes eat only blood and are all external parasites of mammals and birds. Fleas…Wind on Water
NBC Saturday 8:00–9:00 p.m.; canceled Cast: Bo Derek, Lee Horsley, William Gregory Lee, Brian Gross, Shawn Christian, Jacinda Barrett, Matthew Stephen Liu and Matt George Cole (…1924 Men's Olympic Modern Pentathlon Medalists
Bo Lindman, SWE 18 Gustav Dyrssen, SWE 39.5 Bertil Uggla, SWE 45 Gymnastics 1924 Olympics Rowing1928 Men's Olympic Modern Pentathlon Medalists
Sven Thofelt, SWE 47 Bo Lindman, SWE 50 Helmuth Kahl, GER 52 Gymnastics 1928 Olympics Rowing1932 Men's Olympic Modern Pentathlon Medalists
Johan Oxenstierna, SWE 32 Bo Lindman, SWE 35.5 Richard Mayo, USA 38.5 Gymnastics 1932 Olympics RowingLi Po Biography
Li Po Li BoChinese poetBorn: c. 700 Li Po is considered the greatest poet of the Tang Dynasty, China’s “middle period,” during which literature flourished. His poetry is often associated…mulberry
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Red mulberry, Morus rubra mulberry, common name for the Moraceae, a family of deciduous or evergreen trees and shrubs, often climbing, mostly of pantropical distribution, and…Seeger, Pete
(Encyclopedia) Seeger, Pete (Peter Seeger), 1919–2014, American folksinger, composer, and environmentalist, b. New York City. Seeger, a son of musicologist Charles Seeger and violinist Constance…