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Thompson, Guy Lawrence
(Encyclopedia) Thompson, Guy Lawrence, 1897–1970, English surgeon, writer, and naturalist, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, he wrote Eric and Joan (…Carle, Eric
(Encyclopedia) Carle, Eric, 1929–2021, American children's book author and illustrator, b. Syracuse, N.Y. Although born in the U.S., Carle was raised…Leif Ericsson
(Encyclopedia) Leif EricssonLeif Ericssonlēf ĕrˈĭksən [key], Old Norse Leifr Eiriksson, fl. a.d. 999–1000, Norse discoverer of America, b. probably in Iceland; son of Eric the Red. He spent his youth…Sweyn
(Encyclopedia) SweynSweynswān [key], c.960–1014, king of Denmark (986–1014), son of Harold Bluetooth. Although baptized, he reverted to paganism and rebelled against his father, who was killed in…Partridge, Eric Honeybrook
(Encyclopedia) Partridge, Eric Honeybrook, 1894–1979, British lexicographer; b. New Zealand. He studied in Australia and at Oxford, taught briefly in England, and founded a small publishing company.…An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
Director:Alan SmitheeWriter:Joe EszterhasDirector of Photography:Reynaldo VillalobosEditors:Marcus Manton and Jim LangloisMusic:Chuck D and Gary G-WizProduction Designer:David L.…Perth, James Eric Drummond, 16th earl of
(Encyclopedia) Perth, James Eric Drummond, 16th earl of, 1876–1951, British diplomat. He was the first secretary-general of the League of Nations (1919–33) and ambassador to Rome (1933–39) and served…A. E. Housman: On the idle hill of summer,
On the idle hill of summer, Sleepy with the flow of streams, Far I hear the steady drummer Drumming like a noise in dreams.Far and near and low and louder On the roads of earth go by, Dear…Weir, Julian Alden
(Encyclopedia) Weir, Julian AldenWeir, Julian Aldenwēr [key], 1852–1919, b. West Point, N.Y., American painter. He studied with his father Robert Walter Weir, a landscape painter of the Hudson River…Kirk, Norman Eric
(Encyclopedia) Kirk, Norman Eric, 1923–74, New Zealand political leader. A Labour party member, he rose in New Zealand politics, entering Parliament in 1957, and becoming vice president (1963) and…Trending
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