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Tree, Ellen

(Encyclopedia) Tree, Ellen: see Kean, Edmund.

Miami, Fla.

Mayor: Tomás Regalado (to Nov. 2017) City Manager: Daniel J. Alfonso 2010 census population (rank): 399,457 (44); Male: 198,927 (49.8%); Female: 200,530 (50.2%); White: 289,920 (72.6%);…

Glasgow, Ellen

(Encyclopedia) Glasgow, EllenGlasgow, Ellenglăsˈgō [key], 1873–1945, American novelist, b. Richmond, Va. In revolt against the romantic treatment of Southern life, Glasgow presented in fiction a…

Wood, Mrs. Henry

(Encyclopedia) Wood, Mrs. Henry, 1814–87, English novelist whose maiden name was Ellen Price. Her melodramatic and sensational novel East Lynne (1861) was dramatized and became a permanent stock…

Field, Erastus Salisbury

(Encyclopedia) Field, Erastus Salisbury, 1805–1900, American painter, b. Leverett, Mass. Field's paintings, executed in a primitive manner, included biblical and classical themes and portraits. His…

Harrison, Jane Ellen

(Encyclopedia) Harrison, Jane Ellen, 1850–1928, English classical scholar. She applied archaeological discoveries in the interpretation of Greek religion. Her works include Prolegomena to the Study…

Ellen Ochoa Biography

Ellen OchoaAstronautBorn: 5/10/1958Birthplace: Los Angeles, California Astronaut Ellen Ochoa first left Earth in July 1991 and became the world's first Hispanic female astronaut. A mission…

Ellen DeGeneres Biography

Ellen DeGenerescomedienne, actressBorn: 1/26/1958Birthplace: Metairie, Louisiana Television and film actress whose coming out of the closet in real life and on her sitcom was one of the biggest…

Ellen Burstyn Biography

Ellen Burstyn(Edna Rae Gillooly)actressBorn: 12/7/1932Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan A successful Broadway actress, she later garnered Academy Award nominations for her roles in the films The Last…

Ellen Goodman Biography

Ellen GoodmancolumnistBorn: 1941 Goodman graduated from Radcliffe College in 1963 and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University for the following year. She has been an associate editor and a…