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(Encyclopedia) literary frauds, manuscripts that are presented to the public as works of famous authors but that are actually forgeries or imitations. Literary frauds are perpetrated for various…Clifford of Chudleigh, Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia) Clifford of Chudleigh, Thomas Clifford, 1st BaronClifford of Chudleigh, Thomas Clifford, 1st Baronchŭdˈlē [key], 1630–73, English statesman. Member (1667–73) of the Cabal at Charles II…Clifford, Clark McAdams
(Encyclopedia) Clifford, Clark McAdams, 1906–98, U.S. government official, b. Fort Scott, Kans. Admitted to the bar in 1928, he engaged in private practice before serving (1944–46) in the U.S. navy.…Irving, Washington
(Encyclopedia) Irving, Washington, 1783–1859, American author and diplomat, b. New York City. Irving was one of the first Americans to be recognized abroad as a man of letters, and he was a literary…Allison, Bobby
(Encyclopedia) Allison, Bobby (Robert Arthur Allison), 1937–, American auto racing driver, b. Miami, Fla. The hard-charging Allison drove the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing circuit…Babbitt, Irving
(Encyclopedia) Babbitt, IrvingBabbitt, Irvingbăbˈĭt [key], 1865–1933, American scholar, b. Dayton, Ohio. At Harvard as professor of French literature from 1912 until his death, he was a vigorous…Irving
(Encyclopedia) Irving, city (2020 pop. 256,684), Dallas co., N Tex., a suburb of Dallas; inc. as a city 1952. Building supplies, chemicals, electronic…Brewer's: Clifford
(Paul). A highwayman, reformed by the power of love, in Sir L. Bulwer Lytton's novel so called. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ClimactericClient A B C D…Penn, Irving
(Encyclopedia) Penn, Irving, 1917–2009, American photographer, elder brother of Arthur Penn, b. Plainfield, N.J.; studied Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art (now University of the Arts,…Ellsworth, Henry Leavitt
(Encyclopedia) Ellsworth, Henry Leavitt, 1791–1858, American agriculturist, b. Windsor, Conn., grad. Yale, 1810. His interests were varied. He was a lawyer, businessman, and farming enthusiast. In…Trending
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