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Richard D'Oyly Carte Biography

Richard D'Oyly Cartetheatrical impresarioBorn: 5/3/1844Birthplace: London Having begun his career in his father's business making musical instruments, he is best known for having produced the…

Sir John Richard Hicks Biography

Sir John Richard HickseconomistBorn: 4/8/1904Birthplace: Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England Nobel Prize-winning economist whose works include Value and Capital (1939), A Theory of Economic History…

Edwin Arlington Robinson: Richard Cory

Richard CoryEdwin Arlington RobinsonWhenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored, and imperially slim.…

William Shakespeare: Richard III, Act V

Act VScene ISalisbury. An open placeEnter the Sheriff, and Buckingham, with halberds, led to executionBuckinghamWill not King Richard let me speak with him?SheriffNo, my good lord; therefore…

Maurice (Rocket) Richard 2000 Deaths

Maurice (Rocket) RichardAge: 78 explosive right-winger who won eight Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens and was nothing short of a national hero in his native Canada; blazing speed…

Richard B. Cheney, 2000 News

former congressman and oil services company executive, was plucked from his lucrative post as CEO of Halliburton Co. in July to become Gov. George W. Bush's running mate. A staunch…

Sir Richard May 2004 Deaths

Sir Richard MayAge: 65 British judge who oversaw the war-crimes tribunal of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic. He presided over the trial for two years, frequently sparring with…

Brewer's: Richard Coeur de Lion

(See Bogie.) “His tremendous name was employed by the Syrian mothers to silence their infants; and if a horse suddenly started from the way, his rider was wont to exclaim, `Dost thou think…

Richard BERESFORD, Congress, SC (1803)

BERESFORD, Richard, a Delegate from South Carolina; birthdate unknown; born near Charleston, St. Thomas and St. Denis Parish, Berkeley County, S.C. (baptized June 3, 1755); educated in South…

Richard BLUMENTHAL, Congress, CT (1946)

Senate Years of Service: 2011- Party: Democrat BLUMENTHAL Richard , a Senator from Connecticut; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., February 13, 1946; graduated Harvard University, B.A., 1967; attended…