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Montgomery, L. M.

(Encyclopedia) Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud Montgomery), 1874–1942, Canadian novelist, b. Prince Edward Island. Her first novel, Anne of Green Gables (1908), met with immediate success and has been…

Pei, I. M.

(Encyclopedia) Pei, I. M. (Ieoh Ming Pei)Pei, I. M.pā [key], 1917–2019, Chinese-American architect, b. Guangzhou, China. Pei immigrated to the United States in 1935 and studied at the Univ. of…

Coetzee, J. M.

(Encyclopedia) Coetzee, J. M. (John Maxwell Coetzee)Coetzee, J. M.köˈtsē [key], 1940–, South African novelist, b. John Michael Coetzee. Educated at the Univ. of Cape Town (M.A. 1963) and the Univ. of…

Forster, E. M.

(Encyclopedia) Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan Forster), 1879–1970, English author, one of the most important British novelists of the 20th cent. After graduating from Cambridge, Forster lived in Italy…

Fenneman, Nevin M.

(Encyclopedia) Fenneman, Nevin M.Fenneman, Nevin M.nĕvˈĭn fĕnˈəmən [key], 1865–1945, American geologist, geographer, and teacher, b. Lima, Ohio; B.A. (1883) Heidelberg College, Ohio; M.A. (1900); Ph.…

Bowra, C. M.

(Encyclopedia) Bowra, C. M. (Sir Cecil Maurice Bowra)Bowra, C. M.bouˈrə [key], 1898–1971, English classical scholar, b. China. Associated with the Univ. of Oxford throughout his adult life, he was…

Bozeman, John M.

(Encyclopedia) Bozeman, John M.Bozeman, John M.bōzˈmən [key], 1835–67, American pioneer. A Georgian, he went to the gold fields of Colorado (1861) and Montana (1862). In the winter of 1862–63 he…

Brewer's: Baby Charles

So James I used to call his son Charles, afterwards Charles I. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BabylonBabouin A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…

Brewer's: Charles's Wain

The constellation called the Great Bear, which forms the outline of a wheelbarrow or rustic wagon. “Charles” is a corruption of the word churles, the farmer's wagon. (Anglo-Saxon, ceorles…

Brewer's: Charles and the Oak

When Charles II. fled from the Parliamentary army, he took refuge in Boscobel House; but when he deemed it no longer safe to remain there, he concealed himself in an oak. Dr. Stukeley says…