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Dino De Laurentiis Biography
Dino De Laurentiisfilm producerBorn: 8/8/1918Birthplace: Torre Annunziata, Italy Having produced several widely acclaimed Italian films in the 1950s, including Fellini's La Strada (1954) and…Knight, Frank Hyneman
(Encyclopedia) Knight, Frank Hyneman, 1885–1972, American economist, b. McLean County, Ill., Ph.D. Cornell, 1916. He taught economics at the Univ. of Chicago (1927–62). Knight's most influential work…Bosboom-Toussaint, Anna Louisa Geertruida
(Encyclopedia) Bosboom-Toussaint, Anna Louisa GeertruidaBosboom-Toussaint, Anna Louisa Geertruidaäˈnä l&oomacr;ēˈzä hārtroiˈdä bôsˈbōm-t&oobreve;săNˈ [key], 1812–86, Dutch novelist. She…Guggenheim Museum
(Encyclopedia) Guggenheim Museum, officially Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, major museum of modern art in New York City. Founded in 1939 as the Museum of Non-objective Art, the Guggenheim is known for…Maier, Vivian
(Encyclopedia) Maier, Vivian, 1926–2009, American photographer, b. Bronx, N.Y. She spent much of her childhood and early adulthood in France, where she began photographing street scenes; she moved in…Kellogg, Frank Billings
(Encyclopedia) Kellogg, Frank Billings, 1856–1937, American lawyer, U.S. senator (1917–23), and cabinet member, b. Potsdam, N.Y. As a child, he moved to Olmstead co., Minn. He later studied law and…Ford, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Ford, Richard, 1944–, American novelist, b. Jackson, Miss.; grad. Michigan State Univ. (B.A., 1966), Univ. of California, Irvine (M.F.A., 1970). Ford's concerns are those of a moralist…Munsey, Frank Andrew
(Encyclopedia) Munsey, Frank AndrewMunsey, Frank Andrewmŭnˈsē [key], 1854–1925, American publisher and author, b. Mercer, Maine. In 1882 he quit a telegraph operator's job in Maine to begin a career…Al Pacino Biography
Al PacinoactorBorn: 4/25/1940Birthplace: New York City Academy and Tony Award-winning film and stage actor known for his intensity portraying sensitive men caught in brutal circumstances. He played…Wheaton
(Encyclopedia) Wheaton. 1 City (1990 pop. 51,464), seat of Du Page co., NE Ill., a residential suburb of Chicago; inc. 1859. It is a religious center and the headquarters of the Theosophical Society…Trending
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