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Clapham, Sir John Harold
(Encyclopedia) Clapham, Sir John HaroldClapham, Sir John Haroldklăpˈəm [key], 1873–1946, English economic historian. He was lecturer, professor and administrator at Cambridge from 1908 to 1943.…etiquette
(Encyclopedia) etiquette, name for the codes of rules governing social or diplomatic intercourse. These codes vary from the more or less flexible laws of social usage (differing according to local…Aleixandre, Vicente
(Encyclopedia) Aleixandre, VicenteAleixandre, Vicentevēthĕnˈtā älāhänˈdrā [key], 1898–1984, Spanish lyric poet. He won the national prize for literature for La destrucción o el amor (1935, tr. 1976)…Gond
(Encyclopedia) GondGondgŏnd [key], ethnic group of central India. The group is now found especially in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and in neighboring areas of Maharashtra, Telangana, Odisha,…2002 Deaths: G - L
Uzi GalJohn W. GardnerEmily GenauerHelen GiulianiHarrison Smith GlancyHugh GlosterCliff GormanJohn GottiLois GouldStephen Jay GouldAlfredo GoyenecheAdolph GreenThomas GriffithSteve…2002 Deaths: R - Z
Dee Dee RamoneTony RazzanoDavid RiesmanPolly RileyJean-Paul RiopelleHerb RittsLarry RiversMatt RobinsonFranziska Rochat-MoserReginald RoseWilliam RosenbergTed RossKyle RoteEd RungePaul…Audubon, John James
(Encyclopedia) Audubon, John JamesAudubon, John Jamesôˈdəbŏn [key], 1785–1851, American ornithologist, b. Les Cayes, Santo Domingo (now Haiti). The illegitimate son of a French sea captain and…Miller, Arthur
(Encyclopedia) Miller, Arthur, 1915–2005, American dramatist, b. New York City, grad. Univ. of Michigan, 1938. One of America's most distinguished playwrights, he has been hailed as the finest…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…Updike, John
(Encyclopedia) Updike, John, 1932–2009, American author, one of the nation's most distinguished 20th-century men of letters, b. Shillington, Pa., grad. Harvard, 1954. In his many novels and stories,…Trending
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