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Don SHERWOOD, Congress, PA (1941)
SHERWOOD Don , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Nicholson, Wyoming County, Pa., March 5, 1941; attended Lackawanna Trail High School and Wyoming Seminary Preparatory School; B.A.,…Larreta, Enrique Rodríguez
(Encyclopedia) Larreta, Enrique RodríguezLarreta, Enrique Rodríguezānrēˈkā rôᵺrēˈgāth lärrāˈtä [key], 1875–1961, Argentine novelist. Larreta lived for many years in Spain and France. His fame rests…Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus
(Encyclopedia) Chodowiecki, Daniel NikolausChodowiecki, Daniel Nikolausdäˈnēĕl nēˈkōlous khôdôvyĕtsˈkē [key], 1726–1801, German painter and engraver, b. Danzig. He was the most popular illustrator of…Rojas, Fernando de
(Encyclopedia) Rojas, Fernando deRojas, Fernando defārnänˈdō ᵺā rōˈhäs [key], 1465?–1541?, Spanish writer. Scanty records show him to have practiced law at Salamanca. He wrote La Celestina, published…Güiraldes, Ricardo
(Encyclopedia) Güiraldes, RicardoGüiraldes, Ricardorēkärˈdō gwērälˈdās [key], 1886–1927, Argentine writer. He spent his boyhood on a ranch where he learned the ways of the gauchos, later traveling to…Guareschi, Giovanni
(Encyclopedia) Guareschi, GiovanniGuareschi, Giovannijōväˈnē gwärĕsˈkē [key], 1908–68, Italian journalist and novelist. Guareschi edited a humorous weekly before World War II and in 1945 helped to…Castro y Bellvís, Guillén de
(Encyclopedia) Castro y Bellvís, Guillén deCastro y Bellvís, Guillén degēlyānˈ dā käsˈtrō ē bĕlvēsˈ [key], 1569–1631, Spanish dramatist, best known of the Valencian group of playwrights of the Golden…Beatty, Warren
(Encyclopedia) Beatty, Warren (Henry Warren Beaty) Beatty, Warren bāˈtē, bēˈ– [key], 1937…Biographies: Selected Biographies A to Z: K
Selected Biographies A to Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z More Biographies Don't see the biography you're looking for? Search 30,000+…Nonesuch Press
(Encyclopedia) Nonesuch Press, private press founded in London in 1922 by Francis Meynell and David Garnett. Unlike most private presses, Nonesuch designs the books it publishes on its own small…Trending
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