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Elaine Hiesey Pagels

Elaine Hiesey Pagelsreligious historianBorn: 2/13/1943Birthplace: Palo Alto, California Elaine Pagels is a scholar who has achieved popular as well as academic success. Most of her…

Lightfoot, Lori Elaine

(Encyclopedia) Lightfoot, Lori Elaine, 1962–, American lawyer and politician, b. Massillon, Ohio, J.D. Univ. of Chicago Law School, 1989. A Democrat, she was an attorney in private practive before…

Thompson, Francis

(Encyclopedia) Thompson, Francis, 1859–1907, English poet. His poetry, usually on religious subjects, is noted for its brilliant imagery and sonorous language. He was educated for the Roman Catholic…

Thompson, Benjamin

(Encyclopedia) Thompson, Benjamin: see Rumford, Benjamin Thompson, Count.

Galahad, Sir

(Encyclopedia) Galahad, SirGalahad, Sirgălˈəhădˌ [key], hero of Arthurian legend. He was the son of Launcelot and Elaine, the daughter of King Pelles. Because he was the noblest and purest of the…

Pennebaker, D. A.

(Encyclopedia) Pennebaker, D. A. (Donn Alan Pennebaker), 1925–2019, pioneering documentary filmmaker, b. Evanston, Ill. His first film, Daybreak Express (1958), is a five-minute short detailing New…

Elaine Chao, 2001 News

conservative commentator, withdrew her name as President Bush's nominee for secretary of labor in January, after it was revealed that she had sheltered and provided financial assistance to…

Elaine Hiesey Pagels Biography

Elaine Hiesey Pagelsreligious historianBorn: 2/13/1943Birthplace: Palo Alto, California Elaine Pagels is a scholar who has achieved popular as well as academic success. Most of her…