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Pauline Trigère 2002 Deaths

Pauline TrigèreAge: 93 Paris-born fashion designer known for her elegant ready-to-wear designs. Died: Manhattan, Feb. 13, 2002Barry TookR - ZEd Turner

Sunita, Narain

(Encyclopedia) Sunita, Narain, 1961–, Indian writer and environmentalist, b. New Delhi, India, graduated from University of Delhi, honorary degrees…

Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem

(Encyclopedia) Kaplan, Mordecai MenahemKaplan, Mordecai Menahemmôrˈdĭkīˌ mənäkhˈəm kăpˈlən [key], 1881–1983, American rabbi, educator, and philosopher, b. Lithuania, grad. College of the City of New…

Dowson, Ernest Christopher

(Encyclopedia) Dowson, Ernest ChristopherDowson, Ernest Christopherdouˈsən [key], 1867–1900, English poet. He attended Queens College, Oxford, but left in 1888 without taking a degree. Dowson's life…

Jarrell, Randall

(Encyclopedia) Jarrell, RandallJarrell, Randalljərĕlˈ [key], 1914–65, American poet and critic, b. Nashville, Tenn., grad. Vanderbilt Univ. (B.A., 1935; M.A., 1938). His poetry, reflecting an…

Crook, George

(Encyclopedia) Crook, George, 1828–90, U.S. general, b. near Dayton, Ohio, grad. West Point, 1852. During the Civil War, Crook commanded a regiment of Ohio volunteers as colonel. After the war he…

White, E. B.

(Encyclopedia) White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks White), 1899–1985, American writer, b. Mt. Vernon, N.Y., grad. Cornell, 1921. A witty, satiric observer of contemporary society, White was a member of the…

Warner, Sylvia Townsend

(Encyclopedia) Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893–1978, English novelist and poet. Her first published work was poetry, The Espalier (1925), but she became more generally known with two novels of gentle…

Stiles, Ezra

(Encyclopedia) Stiles, Ezra, 1727–95, American theologian and educator, b. North Haven, Conn., grad. Yale, 1746. He studied theology, was ordained in 1749, and tutored (1749–55) at Yale. Resigning…

Peter Boyle 2006 Deaths

Peter BoyleAge: 71 character actor who played the father on Everybody Loves Raymond and the monster in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein.Died: New York City, Dec. 12, 2006Samuel BowersA - FEd…