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rock carvings and paintings

(Encyclopedia) rock carvings and paintings, designs inscribed on rock surfaces and huge stone monuments in many parts of the world by prehistoric or preindustrial peoples. They have been found on…

Walter Cronkite

Cronkite, Walter (Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr.)krŏngˈkĪt, krŏnˈ–, 1916–2009, American news broadcaster, b. St. Joseph, Mo. He left (1935) the Univ. of Texas to write for the Houston Press and later…

MacArthur Fellowships

(Encyclopedia) MacArthur Fellowships: see John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

MacArthur Foundation

(Encyclopedia) MacArthur Foundation: see John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Hazlitt, William

(Encyclopedia) Hazlitt, William, 1778–1830, English essayist. The son of a reform-mindeed Unitarian minister, he abandoned the idea of entering the clergy and took up painting, philosophy, and later…

Alexander, Sir William

(Encyclopedia) Alexander, Sir William, d. 1640: see Stirling, William Alexander, earl of.

Daniel Darwin PRATT, Congress, IN (1813-1877)

Senate Years of Service: 1869-1875 Party: Republican PRATT Daniel Darwin , a Senator from Indiana; born in Palermo, Maine, October 26, 1813; moved to New York with his parents, who settled in…