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Seward, Anna

(Encyclopedia) Seward, AnnaSeward, Annasēˈwərd [key], 1742–1809, English poet, called the Swan of Lichfield. A member of the Lichfield literary group, which included Thomas Day and Erasmus Darwin,…

Freud, Anna

(Encyclopedia) Freud, AnnaFreud, Annafroid [key], 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, b. Vienna, Austria. Continuing the work of her father, Sigmund Freud, she was a pioneer in the psychoanalysis of…

Jameson, Anna Brownell (Murphy)

(Encyclopedia) Jameson, Anna Brownell (Murphy)Jameson, Anna Brownell (Murphy)jāˈməsən [key], 1794–1860, English essayist, b. Dublin. The diary of her travels on the Continent as governess to a…

Barbauld, Anna Letitia (Aikin)

(Encyclopedia) Barbauld, Anna Letitia (Aikin)Barbauld, Anna Letitia (Aikin)bärˈbôld [key], 1743–1825, English poet and editor. In 1774 she married Rochemont Barbauld and with him opened a boarding…

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…

Peter II, czar of Russia

(Encyclopedia) Peter II, 1715–30, czar of Russia (1727–30). A grandson of Peter I and the son of the czarevich Alexis, he succeeded on the death of Catherine I. He was too young to rule, but he…

Seghers, Anna

(Encyclopedia) Seghers, AnnaSeghers, Annaäˈnä sēgərs [key], 1900–1983, German novelist, whose original name was Netty Reiling Rádvanyi. She won fame with her first novel of social protest, The Revolt…

Wong, Anna May

(Lu Tsong Wong) actressBirthplace: Los AngelesBorn: 1907Died: 1961

Branch, Anna Hempstead

Branch, Anna Hempstead[1875-1937](3)Born at Hempstead House, New London, Conn. Graduated from Smith College in 1897 and from the American Academy of Dramatic Art, in New York City, in 1900…