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M. Donald Grant 1998 Deaths
M. Donald GrantAge: 94 former chairman of the board of the NY Mets from their inception in 1962 to 1978 when he was voted out by the team's eight-man board; won two pennants and one World…Edith M. Thomas: The Inverted Torch
The Inverted TorchEdith M. ThomasThreading a darksome passage all alone, The taper's flame, by envious current blown, Crouched low, and eddied round, as in affright, So challenged by the vast…Edith M. Thomas: Winter Sleep
Winter SleepEdith M. ThomasI know it must be winter (though I sleep) — I know it must be winter, for I dream I dip my bare feet in the running stream, And flowers are many, and the grass…Jerrold, Douglas William
(Encyclopedia) Jerrold, Douglas WilliamJerrold, Douglas Williamjĕrˈəld [key], 1803–57, English humorist and playwright. His plays Blackeyed Susan (1829) and Time Works Wonders (1845) were highly…Richardson, Dorothy M.
(Encyclopedia) Richardson, Dorothy M., 1882–1957, English novelist. Her important work is Pilgrimage (12 vol., 1915–38; omnibus ed. 1938), a novel that records in great detail the inner experience of…Bassiouni, M. Cherif
(Encyclopedia) Bassiouni, M. Cherif (Mahmoud Cherif Bassiouni), 1937–2017, Egyptian-American international criminal law jurist and human-rights advocate, b. Cairo. Bassiouni fought for Egypt in the…Solow, Robert M.
(Encyclopedia) Solow, Robert M., 1924–, American economist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Harvard (B.A. 1947, M.A. 1949, Ph.D. 1951). He began teaching economics at the Massachusetts Institute of…Barrie, J. M.
(Encyclopedia) Barrie, J. M. (Sir James Matthew Barrie)Barrie, J. M.bârˈē [key], 1860–1937, Scottish playwright and novelist. He is best remembered for his play Peter Pan (1904), a supernatural…Schulz, Charles M.
(Encyclopedia) Schulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe Schulz), 1922–2000, American cartoonist, b. Minneapolis, Minn. Creator of the syndicated comic strip Peanuts (1950–2000), one of the world's most…Escher, M. C.
(Encyclopedia) Escher, M. C. (Maurits Cornelis Escher)Escher, M. C.môrˈĭts kôrnāˈləs ĕshˈər [key], Du. Escher, M. C.ĕsˈkhər [key], 1898–1972, Dutch artist. Primarily a graphic artist, Escher composed…Trending
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