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Bose, Subhas Chandra

(Encyclopedia) Bose, Subhas ChandraBose, Subhas Chandrash&oobreve;bhäshˈ chŭnˈdrə bōs [key], 1897–1945?, Indian nationalist also known as Netaji. He began his political career in Calcutta (now…

Cassirer, Ernst

(Encyclopedia) Cassirer, ErnstCassirer, Ernstĕrnst käsērˈər [key], 1874–1945, German philosopher. He was a professor at the Univ. of Hamburg from 1919 until 1933, when he went to Oxford; he later…

Byron, George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron

(Encyclopedia) Byron, George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th BaronByron, George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baronbīˈrən [key], 1788–1824, English poet and satirist. Ranked with Shelley and Keats as one of the…

Good Burger

Director: Brian RobbinsWriters: Dan Schneider, Kevin Kopelow and Heath SeifertDirector of Photography:Mac AhlbergEditor:Anita Brandt-BurgoyneMusic:Stewart CopelandProduction Designer:Steven…

67th Annual Golden Globe Awards

The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards were presented January 17, 2010. Here are the television awards. Best Series—Drama: Mad Men (AMC…

Ralph Owen BREWSTER, Congress, ME (1888-1961)

Senate Years of Service: 1941-1952 Party: Republican BREWSTER Ralph Owen , a Representative and a Senator from Maine; born in Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine, February 22, 1888; attended the…

Hemings, Sally

(Encyclopedia) Hemings, Sally, 1773–1835, African-American slave owned by Thomas Jefferson, b. Charles City co., Va.; her original name was probably Sarah. Her father was John Wayles, Jefferson's…

Levi, Primo

(Encyclopedia) Levi, PrimoLevi, Primoprēˈmō lāˈvē [key], 1919–87, Italian writer. A chemist of Jewish descent, Levi was sent to the concentration camp at Auschwitz during World War II. His first…

Lewis, Jerry

(Encyclopedia) Lewis, Jerry, 1926–2017, extremely popular and influential American comedian, b. Newark, N.J. as Jerome Levitch. The son of vaudevillians, he entered show business early and…

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

(Encyclopedia) Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797–1851, English author; daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. In 1814 she fell in love with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, accompanied…