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Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
(Encyclopedia) Doyle, Sir Arthur ConanDoyle, Sir Arthur Conankōˈnən, kŏnˈən [key], 1859–1930, British author and creator of Sherlock Holmes, b. Edinburgh. Educated at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh…Estimated Deaths from Earthquakes, 2012
The following table gives the number of people who died in major earthquakes in 2012. The magnitude of each earthquake is also shown. Magnitudes listed are moment magnitudes, the newest, most…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Fugitives
by Percy Bysshe Shelley To Emilia VivianiTo -The Fugitives Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems". 1824. 1. The waters are flashing, The white hail is dashing, The lightnings are…Garvey, Marcus
(Encyclopedia) Garvey, Marcus, 1887–1940, American proponent of black nationalism, b. Jamaica. At the age of 14, Garvey went to work as a printer's apprentice. After leading (1907) an unsuccessful…Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
(Encyclopedia) Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806–61, English poet, b. Durham. A delicate and precocious child, she spent a great part of her early life in a state of semi-invalidism. She read…1980 Women's Olympic Gymnastics Medalists
Individual Points All-Around Yelena Davydova, USSR 79.15 Nadia Comaneci, ROM / Maxi Gnauck, E. Ger 79.075 Bal.Beam Nadia Comaneci, ROM 19.800 Yelena…Brewer's: Iago
[Yago or E-a'-go]. Othello's ensign or ancient. He hated the Moor both because Cassio, a Florentine, was preferred to the lieutenancy instead of himself, and also from a suspicion that the…Athens, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia) Athens. 1 City (2020 population 25406), seat of Limestone co., N Al; inc. 1818. One of the first incorporated cities in Alabma, the city was established a year before the…Malcolm X
(Encyclopedia) Malcolm X, 1925–65, militant black leader in the United States, also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, b. Malcolm Little in Omaha, Neb…Brewer's: Swan
Fionnuala, daughter of Lir, was transformed into a swan, and condemned to wander for many hundred years over the lakes and rivers of Ireland till the introduction of Christianity into that…Trending
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