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Hesse, Eva

(Encyclopedia) Hesse, EvaHesse, Evahĕsˈə [key], 1936–70, American sculptor, b. Hamburg, Germany. Hesse's sculpture displays an antiformalism that developed in the late 1960s in reaction against…

Perón, Eva Duarte de

(Encyclopedia) Perón, Eva Duarte dePerón, Eva Duarte deāˈvä d&oomacr;ärˈtā ᵺā pĕrōnˈ [key], 1919–52, Argentine political leader. The second wife of Juan Perón, whom she married in 1945, she…

Braun, Eva

(Encyclopedia) Braun, EvaBraun, Evaāˈvä broun [key], 1912–45, mistress and later wife of the German dictator Adolf Hitler. She was a shop assistant to a Nazi photographer, through whom she met Hitler…

Le Gallienne, Eva

(Encyclopedia) Le Gallienne, EvaLe Gallienne, Evaləgălˈyən [key], 1899–1991, American actress, producer, director, and translator, b. London; daughter of poet Richard Le Gallienne. She made her debut…

Eva Gabor

The Question: What was Eva Gabor's name on the television show Green Acres? The Answer: From 1965-1971, Eva Gabor played Lisa Douglas, whose…

Eva Shain Biography

Eva ShainAge: 81 boxing judge who became the first woman to score a heavyweight championship fight at the Muhammad Ali-Earnie Shavers fight in 1977; earned professional license in 1975;…

Le Gallienne, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Le Gallienne, Richard, 1866–1947, English man of letters. As literary critic and contributor to the Yellow Book, he was associated with the fin-de-siècle aesthetes of the 1890s before…

Cousin, Jean

(Encyclopedia) Cousin, JeanCousin, JeanzhäN k&oomacr;zăNˈ [key], c.1490–c.1560, celebrated French painter, designer, and sculptor. To him have been attributed the designs for the windows of…

Perón, Juan Domingo

(Encyclopedia) Perón, Juan DomingoPerón, Juan Domingohwän dōmēngˈgō pĕrōnˈ [key], 1895–1974, president of Argentina (1946–55; 1973–74). In 1971, President Lanusse, convinced that political order…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: To Eva

To EvaO fair and stately maid, whose eyes Were kindled in the upper skies At the same torch that lighted mine; For so I must interpret still Thy sweet dominion o'er my will, A sympathy…