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had pet names for all her favourite courtiers; q.e.: The mother of Sir John Norris she called “My own Crow.” Burghley was her “Spirit.” Mountjoy she termed her “Kitchenmaid in Ireland…Elizabeth (Film)
Director:Shekhar KapurWriter:Michael HirstGramercy; R; 124 minutesRelease:11/98Cast:Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, Richard Attenborough, John Gielgud,…Elizabeth Ashley
Elizabeth Ashley(Elizabeth Cole)actressBorn: 8/30/1939Birthplace: Ocala, Florida A leading Broadway actress of the 1960s, she won a Tony Award for her performance in Take Her, She's Mine (…de La Renta, Oscar
(Encyclopedia) de La Renta, Oscar (Óscar Arístides de la Renta Fiallo)de La Renta, Oscardə lə räNˈtə, rĕnˈtə [key], 1932–2014, Dominican-American fashion designer, b. Santo Domingo, Dominican…Edelson, Mary Beth
(Encyclopedia) Edelson, Mary Beth,, 1933-2021, American painter, sculptor, performance artist, and leader of the feminist art movement, b. East…Greider, Carol Widney
(Encyclopedia) Greider, Carol Widney, 1961–, American molecular biologist, b. San Diego, Calif., Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1987. Greider was a researcher and professor at the Cold Spring…South Portland
(Encyclopedia) South Portland, port city (1990 pop. 23,163), Cumberland co., SW Maine, on the Fore River and Casco Bay, part of the Portland metropolitan area; separated from Falmouth (now Portland)…Elizabeth, queen of Romania
(Encyclopedia) Elizabeth, 1843–1916, queen of Romania, consort of King Carol I, whom she married in 1869. Of German birth, she was the daughter of Hermann, prince of Wied. She completely identified…Cateau-Cambrésis, Treaty of
(Encyclopedia) Cateau-Cambrésis, Treaty ofCateau-Cambrésis, Treaty ofkätōˈ-käNbrāzēˈ [key], 1559, concluded at Le Cateau, France, by representatives of Henry II of France, Philip II of Spain, and…Sussex, Thomas Radcliffe, 3d earl of
(Encyclopedia) Sussex, Thomas Radcliffe, 3d earl of, 1526?–1583, English nobleman. Styled Viscount Fitzwalter after his father became (1542) the 2d earl of Sussex, he served in the army in France and…