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Fry, Christopher
(Encyclopedia) Fry, Christopher, 1907–2005, English dramatist, b. Bristol as Christopher Fry Harris. Like his friend and mentor, T. S. Eliot, he was one of the few 20th-century dramatists to write…Chambers, Sir William
(Encyclopedia) Chambers, Sir William, 1723–96, English architect, b. Gothenburg, Sweden. He traveled extensively in the East Indies and in China making drawings of gardens and buildings, many of…Chandler, Zachariah
(Encyclopedia) Chandler, Zachariah, 1813–79, U.S. Senator from Michigan (1857–75, 1879) and Secretary of the Interior (1875–77), b. Bedford, N.H. He moved to Detroit in 1833 and through merchandising…Black, Eugene Robert
(Encyclopedia) Black, Eugene Robert, 1898–1992, American financier, b. Atlanta, grad. Univ. of Georgia (B.A., 1917). After serving in the navy during World War I and working at the investment firm…mental hygiene
(Encyclopedia) mental hygiene, the science of promoting mental health and preventing mental illness through the application of psychiatry and psychology. A more commonly used term today is mental…William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 3), Act I, Scene IV
Scene IVAnother part of the fieldAlarum. Enter YorkYorkThe army of the queen hath got the field: My uncles both are slain in rescuing me; And all my followers to the eager foe Turn back and…William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 3), Act II, Scene VI
Scene VIAnother part of the fieldA loud alarum. Enter Clifford, woundedCliffordHere burns my candle out; ay, here it dies, Which, whiles it lasted, gave King Henry light. O Lancaster, I fear…Clarence L. Harris Biography
Clarence L. HarrisAge: 94 lunch manager who in 1960 let four black students remain at Woolworth's whites-only counter. Harris did not serve the protesters, but his insistence that police not…Harry Sayles Conover Biography
Harry Sayles Conovermodeling agency founderBorn: 1911Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Originally working as a radio performer and model in the 1930s, he founded his own modeling agency in New York…Harry George Ferguson Biography
Harry George FergusoninventorBorn: 11/4/1884Birthplace: Dromore, County Down, Ireland He began working in his own business at age 16 in Belfast, and went on to build his own airplane, making…Trending
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